Transparent government based on Nahj al-Balagha and social trust among Muslim citizens
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Transparent government based on Nahj al-Balagha and social trust among Muslim citizens | |
| Creator | Rastgar, Abbas Ali Sarhang Maghdid, Rekurd Muda, Iskandar Davoudi, Seyed Mehdi Mousavi | |
| Description | As per the teachings of Islam, social trust involves placing others as the pillars of the Islamic countries, which needs to be maintained. Therefore, any promise or action that undermines the social trust of the people as a social capital is one of the most important anti-social factors that must be dealt with. In view of that, Islam is struggling against hypocrisy as an antisocial trend, because it damages social trust when a hypocrite preaches one thing and does another; in other words, the deeds do not confirm the words. That is why citizens cannot believe and trust in their promises, because such individuals do not fulfil them at any time. In this context, officials are suggested to respect the principle of transparency in the governance of Islamic societies in order to improve citizens’ social trust. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the role of transparent governance based on the teachings of Nahj al-Balagha in creating social trust among 428 Iranian Muslim citizens in 2022. In sum, the results indicated that transparent governance has a significant positive effect on citizens’ social trust in the officials of Islamic societies, as calculated by structural equation modelling in Linear Structural Relations (LISREL) (path coefficient = 0.58; t-value = 5.54).Contribution: This study provided a new insight into the role of transparent governance in creating and strengthening social trust among the officials and citizens of Islamic societies, which deserves further attention by governments and researchers. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2023-01-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v79i1.8052 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 79, No 1 (2023); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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