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Islam, Muslim polities and democracy
Democratization, 2004Since 11 September 2001 (‘9/11’) the international spotlight has been more firmly than ever on the Muslim world, and its Middle East heartland in particular. All aspects of life in Muslim societies – history, educational system, attitudes towards the West, gender relations, cultural underpinnings, political and economic systems, demography, foreign ...
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The Empty Quest for Muslim Democracy
Journal of DemocracyAbstract: The article reassesses early-2000s optimism about "Muslim democracy," arguing that Islamist participation and pragmatism have not produced stable democratization. Drawing on the cases of Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Pakistan, and others, the authors show that without a genuine normative commitment to pluralism, civil liberties, and ...
Ramazan Kilinc +2 more
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Pseudo‐democracy in the Muslim world
Third World Quarterly, 2004This paper investigates the mechanisms of democratisation leading to the formation of pseudo‐democratic political systems in the contemporary Muslim world. It is argued that pseudo‐democracies in the Muslim world are created and strengthened by the structural opposition between three types of democratic doctrines, social practices and institutional ...
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1998
Abstract Muslims are a minority of under IO percent in the Philippines, concentrated largely on the island of Mindanao. The Moro National Liberation Front, the largest organization representing the Muslims, has waged a war of independence since the 1970s. In 1982, the Reformist Group headed by Dimasangcay A.
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Abstract Muslims are a minority of under IO percent in the Philippines, concentrated largely on the island of Mindanao. The Moro National Liberation Front, the largest organization representing the Muslims, has waged a war of independence since the 1970s. In 1982, the Reformist Group headed by Dimasangcay A.
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The Awakening of Muslim Democracy
2014Why and how did Islam become such a political force in so many Muslim-majority countries? In this book, Jocelyne Cesari investigates the relationship between modernization, politics, and Islam in Muslim-majority countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Turkey - countries that were founded by secular rulers and have since undergone ...
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Policing Muslims in Western Democracies
2012After the incidents of September 9, 2011 the Muslim community in the United States and in most western democracies has come under official and public scrutiny. Muslims, due to their particular culture, adherence to religious practices, and minority status have encountered hostility and even physical attacks.
Farrukh B. Hakeem +2 more
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Determinants of Democracy in the Muslim World
Polity, 2013This article, which examines the factors and processes that account for the negative correlation between Muslim majority states and democratization, focuses on the institutionalization of Islam in the state. I assess the effect of this factor along with other determinants on regime type from 1990 to 2002 in the population of fifty-one Muslim-majority ...
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The role of the Muslim Brotherhood in democracy
2016This work deals with the question if Political Islam and democracy is compatible. Islamism is one of the most contested terms in Europe today. As it is often used as a bogey in the political arena and there seems to be a lot of ambiguity to it, I have tried to shed light on the subject and detect certain narratives about it.
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Muslim Citizenship in Liberal Democracies
2016This book explores Muslims’ civic and political participation in Australia and Germany, shedding light on their individual experiences, motives for, and personal implications of their multi-faceted engagement. Based on in-depth interviews with Muslims who have been active within a Muslim community context, mainstream civil society and the political ...
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Conclusion: Prospects for Muslim Democracies
2013This book has sought to assess the role of religion in politics within Muslim societies, especially in light of the transformational changes taking place since the Arab Spring.1 Most Western scholars have long asserted that religion has no place in a democratic polity.
Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
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