Social Justice in Western Thought and Islam Challenges and Variables in the Arab World: A Descriptive Study

Abstract

The study aims to discuss the most prominent theoretical concepts towards “social justice” in both Western thought on the one hand and Islamic thought on the other. Accordingly, the study concluded on the central hypothesis that “There is an effective correlation between religious and political thought in the West and among Arabs and Muslims, and between the application of the concept and tools of social justice.” The study used both the descriptive analysis and the quantitative legal approaches when dealing with theoretical issues of social justice, whether in Arab and Muslim thought or the Western world. The study reviews all of the foundations, tools, and characteristics, in addition to the problems, challenges, and variables facing the Arab world to achieve “social justice.” The study concluded with several results, including that social justice is apparent in the theoretical concept of decision-making centers and society, regardless of its multiple vocabularies, whether in Western or Islamic thought. Still, the challenge remains in the application tools, and they will approach to enhance the public interest.