ISLAMIC ARCHIVESThe Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral PredicamentWael Hallaq

Published: 2013
Language: English
Type: Book
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POLITICAL THOUGHT ISLAM AND MODERNITY ISLAMIC LAW 2000–today

The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament

Name: The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament
Author: Wael Hallaq

Wael Hallaq

Argues that the modern nation-state is structurally incompatible with the moral paradigm of Islamic governance, making an 'Islamic state' in the modern sense a contradiction.

Keywords: Islamic state, nation-state, ethics, al-Dawla al-mustahila

Archived 14 October 2026

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Hallaq, Wael. The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament. 2013. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/hallaq-the-impossible-state-islam-politics-and-modernitys-moral/