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Islam and the Challenge of Democracy : A Boston Review Book / Khaled Abou El Fadl; ed. by Joshua Cohen, Deborah Chasman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691119380
  • 9781400873203
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.2/72 22
LOC classification:
  • BP173.7 .A264 2004eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Responses -- Change from Within -- Democracy and Conflict -- The Best Hope -- The Primacy of Political Philosophy -- The Importance of Context -- Is Liberalism Islam's Only Answer? -- Popular Support First -- Too Far from Tradition -- Revealed Law and Democracy -- Practice and Theory -- Islam Is Not the Problem -- Reply -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the Islamic world. Such topics as the meaning of jihad, the role of clerics as authoritative interpreters, and the place of human rights and toleration in Islam have become subjects of urgent public debate around the world. With few exceptions, however, this debate has proceeded in isolation from the vibrant traditions of argument within Islamic theology, philosophy, and law. Islam and the Challenge of Democracy aims to correct this deficiency. The book engages the reader in a rich discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam. The collection begins with a lead essay by Khaled Abou El Fadl, who argues that democracy, especially a constitutional democracy that protects basic individual rights, is the form of government best suited to promoting a set of social and political values central to Islam. Because Islam is about submission to God and about each individual's responsibility to serve as His agent on Earth, Abou El Fadl argues, there is no place for the subjugation to human authority demanded by authoritarian regimes. The lead essay is followed by eleven others from internationally respected specialists in democracy and religion. They address, challenge, and engage Abou El Fadl's work. The contributors include John Esposito, Muhammad Fadel, Noah Feldman, Nader Hashemi, Bernard Haykel, Muqtedar Khan, Saba Mahmood, David Novak, William Quandt, Kevin Reinhart, and Jeremy Waldron.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Responses -- Change from Within -- Democracy and Conflict -- The Best Hope -- The Primacy of Political Philosophy -- The Importance of Context -- Is Liberalism Islam's Only Answer? -- Popular Support First -- Too Far from Tradition -- Revealed Law and Democracy -- Practice and Theory -- Islam Is Not the Problem -- Reply -- Contributors -- Index

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The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the Islamic world. Such topics as the meaning of jihad, the role of clerics as authoritative interpreters, and the place of human rights and toleration in Islam have become subjects of urgent public debate around the world. With few exceptions, however, this debate has proceeded in isolation from the vibrant traditions of argument within Islamic theology, philosophy, and law. Islam and the Challenge of Democracy aims to correct this deficiency. The book engages the reader in a rich discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam. The collection begins with a lead essay by Khaled Abou El Fadl, who argues that democracy, especially a constitutional democracy that protects basic individual rights, is the form of government best suited to promoting a set of social and political values central to Islam. Because Islam is about submission to God and about each individual's responsibility to serve as His agent on Earth, Abou El Fadl argues, there is no place for the subjugation to human authority demanded by authoritarian regimes. The lead essay is followed by eleven others from internationally respected specialists in democracy and religion. They address, challenge, and engage Abou El Fadl's work. The contributors include John Esposito, Muhammad Fadel, Noah Feldman, Nader Hashemi, Bernard Haykel, Muqtedar Khan, Saba Mahmood, David Novak, William Quandt, Kevin Reinhart, and Jeremy Waldron.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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