Islamic Governance: Research Requirements and Scientific Mission

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Full Professor, Baqir al-Ulum University, Qom, Iran. nlakzaee@isca.ac.ir.‎

10.22081/jislamicgo.2025.71566.1021

Abstract

As an interdisciplinary platform, this journal seeks to shape a systematic discourse around “Islamic governance”; a discourse that is simultaneously faithful to religious foundations and draws on the capacities of Islamic sciences, humanities, political sciences, management, economics, law, and other disciplines, as well as the experience of committed field activists. Islamic governance is not just an abstract theory;Rather, it is a practical strategy to respond to the complex challenges of the contemporary world, and especially the Islamic world and the Islamic regime of Iran. In a situation where existing governance systems are facing inefficiency, a return to Islamic governance with principles such as rationality, spirituality, justice, responsibility, and ethics - which are at the heart of Islamic teachings - can be a guiding light for reforming governance structures, goals, orientations, and actions.However, achieving this goal requires in-depth, innovative, problem-oriented research, and above and beyond that, a more serious extension of the problem-oriented approach to governance, which has been the focus of the Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture's programs in recent years.

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