Green Book and Islamic Socialism

Ahmet Salih Ýkiz ()
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Ahmet Salih Ýkiz: Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Turkey

Eurasian Journal of Social Sciences, 2019, vol. 7, issue 3, 23-29

Abstract: During the two polar world system in cold war period, Muslim countries under Non-Alignment Movement had different ideological agendas. Socialist interpretations of Islam became very popular with Arab nationalism. One of the interpretations is Universal Third World Theorem of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya. The Green book of Gaddafi was showing a revolt and stance of his ideas against imperialism. As an Arab nation, there are strong emphasis on socialistic iterations in Green Book where Islamic socialistic discourse applied in some parts. In this paper, we first provide historical information about Libya and theoretical background of Islamic socialism explained by providing brief literature review. The final chapter of article devoted on to proper information about Green Book by analyzing its solutions to problems in developing world.

Keywords: Islamic Socialism; Libya; Green Book; Muammar al Gaddafi (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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