The Islamic Vision of International Relations: Between Legislative Sources and Historical Evolution: The Zaydi political Thought in Yemen as a Model

Abstract

This study addressed The Islamic Vision of International Relations: Between Legislative Sources and Historical Evolution, the problem of the study was to identify the nature of international relations governing Muslims with other societies, the development of contemporary international relations under Western powers, and the perspective of Zaidi political thought. The study aimed to address the sources of international relations in Islam, identify the development of international relations from a modern and contemporary Western perspective, and reveal the perspective of Zaidi political thought on international relations. The study used the historical method to trace the historical relations between Muslims and others. It also used the descriptive-analytical method to describe and analyze the phenomenon of the Islamic perspective on international relations. The study was divided into four sections: the first addressed the basic principles of international relations in Islam; the second discussed the historical development of Islamic international relations; the third focused on the development of contemporary international relations; and the fourth; view of Zaidi political thought on international relations. The study reached several conclusions. the reliance of international relations in Islam on the sources of the Holy Qur'an, the authentic Sunnah, consensus, Western dominance of the world emerged in the mid-seventeenth century and has continued to the present day. Zaidi political thought is based on a set of established religious principles in international relations theory.