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

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• VerfasserIn: Abou El Fadl, Khaled,
• HerausgeberIn: Chasman, Deborah,; Cohen, Joshua,
• MitwirkendeR: Esposito, John L.,; Fadel, Mohammad H.,; Feldman, Noah,; Hashemi, Nader A.,; Haykel, Bernard,; Khan, M. A. Muqtedar,; Mahmood, Saba,; Novak, David,; Quandt, William B.,; Reinhart, A. Kevin,; Waldron, Jeremy,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)

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 ha...

Table of 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