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Ummah or Nation? Identity Crisis in Contemporary Muslim Society is a 1992 book by Abdullah al-Ahsan, a Pakistani historian and professor of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Şehir University (Wikipedia, 2026). The work examines the tension between Islamic universalism and modern nationalism in post-colonial Muslim societies, arguing that competing claims of loyalty to the ummah (global Muslim community) and to the nation-state have produced an identity crisis (Voll, 1993).Continue ...
The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, commonly referred to as the Quincy Institute, is an American think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., the institute advocates for a foreign policy based on military restraint, diplomacy, and cooperation rather than interventionism and endless war.<ref name="Vox">Piper, Kelsey (July 1, 2019). "George Soros and Charles Koch team up for a common cause: an end to 'endless war'". The organization is named after the sixth U.S. president, John Quincy Adams, who famously declared that the United States "goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy."Continue ...
The Islamic world, also known as the Muslim world, consists of the global community of Muslims who adhere to the religion of Islam and live in societies where Islam is prevalent (Waldman & Zeghal, 2026). This community is often referred to as the Ummah (Arabic: أمة), meaning "nation" or "community" (Waldman & Zeghal, 2026). In a modern geopolitical sense, the term refers to countries where Islam is widespread, though there are no universally agreed criteria for inclusion (TheFreeDictionary.com, n.d.). The alternative term "Muslim-majority countries" is frequently used to describe nations where Muslims constitute more than 50% of the population (Waldman & Zeghal, 2026). Continue ...
