The latest scholarly work by the Institute for Strategic Insights of Islam, titled “Religious Foundations of Islamic Governance,” has recently been published. This research endeavor, compiled in Persian based on the lecture series of Professor Ali-Akbar Navaei and through the efforts of Seyyed Hassan Ahmadi, delves into the theoretical and jurisprudential foundations of the Islamic state system.
The book represents a scholarly effort to formulate the conceptual frameworks of societal administration within the Islamic intellectual paradigm. By adopting an analytical and argumentative approach, it seeks to elucidate the fundamental distinctions between purely political governance models and governance based on Shari’a and divine guidance.
In introducing the concept of “jurisprudential and Islamic governance,” the book defines this phenomenon as “the process of rulemaking, executing rules, and realizing the principles and ideals of the Islamic government system.”
According to the authors’ perspective, Islamic governance encompasses supervision and the application of feedback through the exercise of legitimate power, aimed at achieving tangible outcomes for all stakeholders within the Islamic society. Relying on jurisprudential and rational foundations, and within the framework of religious values and norms, this structure systematically implements Islamic policies so that fundamental objectives such as “justice,” “security,” and “spirituality” are materialized in the societal sphere.
Researchers, seminary and university professors, and those interested in the fields of Islamic political thought and governmental jurisprudence can refer to this work to study analytical approaches regarding the nature of the Islamic state.
