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Islamic state

vr.tr.islamic-state · PHY.PLC

Let an agent describe Islamic states as a category of government with attribution to political science and legal scholarship, distinguish the concept from the militant organisation of a similar name and from Muslim-majority states in general, relay constitutional provisions from official sources, and present debates with positions attributed.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent describe Islamic states as a category of government with attribution to political science and legal scholarship, distinguish the concept from the militant organisation of a similar name and from Muslim-majority states in general, relay constitutional provisions from official sources, and present debates with positions attributed.

A form of state whose constitution or law is based on Islam, ranging from historical caliphates and sultanates to modern states that declare Islam the state religion or make Islamic law a source of legislation; a category of political science and law with many variants and no single model, and distinct from the militant organisation that called itself Islamic State.

What it is for: Not applicable; a category of state.

It can be explain the concept and its variants; identify how a given state defines the role of Islam in its constitution; distinguish the concept from the militant group and from Muslim-majority states; present debates with attribution.

Distinguishing features

Constitutional or legal role for Islam

Wide variation in institutions

Contested political concept

Historical and modern forms

What it looks like

Not a physical object; seen in constitutions, laws and institutions.

How it is recognised

State with a constitutional or legal basis in Islam

Variants from historical caliphates to modern declared states

Muslim-majority secular states and the militant organisation are separate matters

Related models

is a kind of - a state with an established religion

confessional state

is related to - the legal tradition invoked

sharia

is distinguished from - a militant group, not a form of state

Islamic State militant organisation

is studied by - the discipline

political science

In practice

Families and kinds

historical caliphates and sultanates

modern states declaring Islam the state religion

states making Islamic law a source of legislation

Islamic republics

monarchies with religious legitimacy

theoretical models in Islamic political thought

Standards and regulation

National constitutions defining the role of Islam

International human rights law as it applies to all states

Failure modes and hazards

Conflating the concept with the militant group

Treating all Muslim-majority states as Islamic states

Presenting contested interpretations as fact

Polemic in either direction

Also called

sultanateSultanate of Pelalawan

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Concept What the term means.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition and variants.

Definition

Definition.

  1. How do scholars define an Islamic state, and what variants exist? definition
  2. Is the question about the form of state, a specific country or the militant organisation? boundary

Distinctions

Distinctions.

Distinctions

Distinctions.

  1. How does the concept differ from a Muslim-majority state, a theocracy and a secular state? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific state? action
Law Constitutions and institutions.

Sources.

Constitutions

Constitutional provisions.

Constitutions

Constitutions.

  1. What do particular constitutions provide about Islam and law, from official texts? provenance
  2. Which entry fits constitutional law? action

Institutions

Institutions.

Institutions

Institutions.

  1. What institutions, such as religious councils and courts, feature in such states? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Debate Thought and debate.

Attribution.

Thought

Islamic political thought.

Thought

Thought.

  1. What do classical and modern Islamic thinkers say about the state, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary

Critique

Debates and rights.

Critique

Critique.

  1. What debates exist about rights, pluralism and legitimacy, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits freedom of religion? action
History History.

History.

Past

Historical forms.

Past

Past.

  1. How did caliphates, sultanates and emirates function historically? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the caliphate? action

Modern

Modern developments.

Modern

Modern.

  1. How did modern Islamic states emerge in the twentieth century? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific state? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should sultanate and caliphate be separate entries?
  • How should constitutional texts be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases for sultanate and a specific historical sultanate; should they be split off?