Justice in Modern Islamic Politics

Justice is one of the four cardinal values and virtues. It is treated as one of the primary

values and Ethico-Socio-Political-Legal and religious concepts. It is a highly

fascinating and bewildering concept and has been variously discussed by the

philosophers. Legal experts and socio-religious thinkers and interpreters of the

religious texts have been playing a very crucial and critical role in the civilizational

development of man. In the present work, various dimensions of the meanings and

applications of justice have been discussed.

Man is profoundly and inextricably rooted in history. His history itself is

rooted in pre-history. It will take large-scale investigations to somewhat bring out our

rootedness in history and pre-history. Whatever empirical historical investigations

have been available to us, reveal that human history is red in tooth and claw.

Historical investigations inform us about insurmountable and excruciating amounts of

suffering negotiated by human beings. They have negotiated incalculable oppression,

suppression, exploitation and injustice. Countless people have been enslaved across

history and globe.