Justice in Liberalist Literature and Islamic Literature

The basic assumption of the present paper is centred on the idea of the substantial difference between two epistemic-doctrinal schools, that is, Islam and Liberalism. Islam is a revelatory school and liberalism is a humanistic one. A comparative study of justice is made to underline the essential difference between these two schools. The study shows that individual freedom constitutes a basic and real concept in liberalism. The more liberalism insists on the individual types of freedom, the more justice is marginalized. In Islam, however, justice which comes after Divine Unity is a central principle in Islamic thought. Believers are urged to observe justice. The Islamic government is founded on justice, so that Imam Ali, the Commander of the Faithful, did not accept Madinan's allegiance without insisting on administering justice.