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ajiss-2335	Mutalib, Hussin	Islamic Resurgence and the Twenty-First Century: Redefining Old Agendas in a New Age by Hussin Mutalib 	1996.0	12	.pdf	application/pdf	4252	149	48	Although it may be possible to see, in the next century, the establishment of Islamic states pushing for a form of representative global body to safeguard their interests, the stark realities of the emerg- ing twenty-fist century world-system have to be noted: the salience of the idea of the nation-state (and nationalism), even among Muslim coun- tries; the eagerness of other powers (e.g., the United States and China) to defend and promote their ideologies and values worldwide; the rela- tive economic and military weakness of Muslim countries vis-i-vis oth- ers; and the improbability, if not fallacy, of reintroducing a unified pan- Islamic caliphate system located in a certain state, as was courageously attempted by Rashid Rida upon the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 13: 1 Mutalib: lslamic Resurgence and the Twenty-First Century 97 caliphate in Turkey. Despite that, however, many Muslims ironically find it easier to practice their faith in secular states than in states claiming to be governed by the The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 13: 1 Mutalib: Islamic Resurgence and the Twenty-First Century 95 Shari‘ah and Islamic modes of behavior.	cache/ajiss-2335.pdf	txt/ajiss-2335.txt