The Ethical Foundations of Governance and the Renewal of Islamic Democratic Imaginaries

Abstract

Abstract

This research explores phenomenon Islamic Constitutionalism in Global South countries and how legitimacy modern politics is negotiated through integration Islamic values in the constitution. Focus study is analyze How text constitution, practice discourse and context socio-political form interaction between religion and the postcolonial state. Approach study use method qualitative with Critical Discourse Analysis Norman Fairclough (1995) which emphasizes three dimensions analysis: text, practice discourse and practice social. Data collected from document the constitutions of Muslim countries such as Pakistan (1973), Tunisia (2014), Egypt (2014), and Indonesia (UUD 1945), as well as literature academic from figures such as Noah Feldman, Abdullahi An-Na'im, Wael Hallaq, Andrew March, and Clark Lombardi. The results of the research show that constitution functioning No only as device law, but also a symbolic arena for building moral and political legitimacy , where Islam is used as source ethics public and legitimacy social analysis​ postcolonial disclose that Global South countries are still make an effort define identity political they are in the middle influence Western hegemony, while theory legitimacy Weber explains emergence authority hybrid politics combining​ element traditional, charismatic, and rational -legal. This research confirms that Islamic Constitutionalism No just implementation law sharia in a modern state, but rather a political and moral strategy for negotiating Islam, justice, and legitimacy in the order socio-political contemporary.