FW: Islam and Democracy - Text, Tradition and History - Ahrar Ahmad

 

 

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Islam and Democracy: Text, Tradition, and History Ahrar Ahmad Abstract This paper challenges the popular perception that Islam and democracy are incompatible, and argues that the lack of democracy in some Muslim countries is not because of Islam but in spite of it. This argument will be developed in two stages. First, it will consider the legal–ethical order embedded in Islam’s text (the Qur’an) and tradition (prophetic example) to consider the democratic implications inherent in that construction. Second, it will explore three “high periods” of Islamic rule to consider their progressive, incl

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