Justice, Charity, and the Common Good: In Search of Islam in Gulf Petro-Monarchies

Justice, Charity, and the Common Good: In Search of Islam in Gulf Petro-Monarchies

The article probes the effects of Islamic doctrine on the allocation of hydrocarbon revenues and vice versa and the significance of this relationship for politics. It explores two areas of (state-directed) distributive activity - government subsidies and charitable giving - in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait,...

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Published in:The Middle East journal 2017-10, Vol.71 (4), p.563-585
Main Author: Lowi, Miriam R.
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
20th century
Charities
Common good
Cooperation
Councils
Donations
Economic conditions
History
Hydrocarbons
Interviews
Islam
Islam and state
Islamic financing
Justice
Muslims
Natural gas reserves
Oil reserves
Persian Gulf Region
Petroleum
Petroleum industry and trade
Philanthropy
Political aspects
Politics
Politics and government
Power
State power
Subsidies
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Summary:The article probes the effects of Islamic doctrine on the allocation of hydrocarbon revenues and vice versa and the significance of this relationship for politics. It explores two areas of (state-directed) distributive activity - government subsidies and charitable giving - in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman. It demonstrates how both oil revenues and Islamic doctrine are mobilized to consolidate state authority and how both have been manipulated and deliberately interconnected as tools of state power.
ISSN:0026-3141
1940-3461