the challenge of a single muslim authority in europe.ceric

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ARTICLE The challenge of a single Muslim authority in Europe Mustafa Ceric Published online: 12 January 2008  Centre for European Studies 2007 Abstract  A single Muslim auth ority is slowly devel oping in Euro pe today. The auth or discusses the preconditions for such an authority and the advantages it might bring both to Muslims and to Europe as a whole. Keywords  Theological foundations    Single Muslim authority    Islam  Europe Introduction Authority is real, is ever present among humans and is indispensable for the training and educating of humanity. It is exercised in many ways and in many degrees. It has to justify itself not merely by the exercise of power and by the ruder kinds of penalty; it has also to meet the demands of human reason, to satisfy the requirements of the human conscience and to prove itself the guide, the counselor and the friend of humanity. The will must nd in it purpose, guidance and energy; the heart must nd in it something to stir the emotions, to win the affections and to arouse the higher passions of love and desire. And the intelligence must nd in it truth, principles and reality [7, p. 254]. This article has been written as a particular response to the question of Muslim authority in Europe. The question is this: what is the foundation of Muslim authority in Europe with respect to Muslim faith, morals and civil life? Of course, it is not possible to go into all the details relevant to this question in an article, but it is possible to open a discussion about theological foundations, historical description and a Muslim social contract, which may make the case for a single Muslim authority in Europe. M. Ceric (&) BiH Islamic Community Rijaset, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina  1 3 Euro pean View (2007) 6:41–4 8 DOI 10.1007/s12290-007-0004-8

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