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Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey
2009In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favour of a more conservative and democratic approach. In this book, M. Hakan Yavuz negotiates this ambivalence asking whether it is possible for a political party with a deeply religious ideology to ...
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On Muslim Democracy: Essays and Dialogues
Al-Shajarah: Journal of the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)Rached Ghannouchi and Andrew F. March, On Muslim Democracy: Essays and Dialogues. Oxford University Press, New York City, 2023. 248 pp. ISBN 9780197666876. The compatibility of Islam and democracy is an old theme. The concept of Shura or, consultation, for example, is often invoked by many as one of the finest examples of democratic dialogue on how a ...
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Mormons and Muslims in American Democracy
2018The concluding chapter summarizes the criteria developed above and applies them to the religions with which the book opened: Mormonism and Islam. Citizens should consider not just the values that religions teach and their compatibility with liberal democratic norms; they also need to consider whether religions structure their adherents’ relationship ...
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Muslim Support for Secular Democracy
2013The Arab Uprising has been marked by the revolutionary downfall and removal of autocratic leaders in Tunisia (President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali), Egypt (President Hosni Mubarrak), and Libya (President Moamar Gaddafi). Major protests, strikes, and demonstrations have occurred throughout the region, destabilizing governments in Syria and Yemen.
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