General Perspective on Islamic political thought: Views of Prominent Modern Islamists

Abstract

The collapse of the Caliphate triggered a substantial debate among experts about the Caliphate. The Khalifah has traditionally been the sole type of Islamic politics that has existed since the Prophet's time (SAW). As a result, the early Muslims developed a complete philosophy that addressed the caliphate's beginnings, the qualification of the caliph, the nature and process of election, and the purpose of government. Modern Islamic political doctrines have remained nearly comparable to the previously theoretically idealised notion of the caliphate presented by famous Muslim intellectuals and jurists such as al-Mawardi, al-Ghazali, and al-Baqillani. It was a reworking of the caliphate concept and its detailed organisation. This new method has been written about by Hasan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, Abul-Ala Maududi, and others. This paper is an endeavour to recapitulate the views of modern writers on Islamic polity.