This paper aims to explain the position of Islamic political thought in the face of contemporary challenges by re-examining the conceptual network of the articles featured in the present issue. In the current intellectual climate, Islamic political thought is caught between two epistemological dilemmas: rigidity within tradition on the one hand, and submission to borrowed paradigms on the other. Relying on the necessity of a third way, this issue attempts to formulate the new questions of the present era from within the Islamic political tradition itself. The main axes of this issue revolve around concepts such as Islamic governance, political participation, religious activism in times of crisis, communicative rationality, resistance, and defensive jihad. By linking theoretical foundations with concrete experiences, the articles in this issue seek to demonstrate how a dynamic connection, attuned to emerging realities, can be established between political theory and the practice of governance through the reconstruction of concepts and strategic approaches.
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