What is it about?
It is common to say that Islam is incompatible with democracy. But is that the case? Citing many examples, this article questions this common belief. Alternatively, it shows how experiments of democracy in Muslim societies have been subverted by the combination of internal and external forces. That is, we must also talk about DE-DEMOCRATIZATION.
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Why is it important?
Rather than talk about democratisation, this article is one of the rare ones to put DE-DEMOCRATIZATION on the table.
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This page is a summary of: Democracy and Islam, Philosophy & Social Criticism, May 2011, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0191453711400996.
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