Islam and the Challenge of Democracy: A Boston Review Book

The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the...
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Author: Khaled Abou El Fadl
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Language: English
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Islam and the Challenge of Democracy: A Boston Review Book by Abou El Fadl, Khaled

Islam and the Challenge of Democracy: A Boston Review Book

$114.75

Islam and the Challenge of Democracy: A Boston Review Book

$114.75
Author: Khaled Abou El Fadl
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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 have become subjects of urgent public debate around the world. With few exceptions, however, this debate has proceeded in isolation from the vibrant traditions of argument within Islamic theology, philosophy, and law.


Islam and the Challenge of Democracy aims to correct this deficiency. The book engages the reader in a rich discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam. The collection begins with a lead essay by Khaled Abou El Fadl, who argues that democracy, especially a constitutional democracy that protects basic individual rights, is the form of government best suited to promoting a set of social and political values central to Islam. Because Islam is about submission to God and about each individual's responsibility to serve as His agent on Earth, Abou El Fadl argues, there is no place for the subjugation to human authority demanded by authoritarian regimes. The lead essay is followed by eleven others from internationally respected specialists in democracy and religion. They address, challenge, and engage Abou El Fadl's work. The contributors include John Esposito, Muhammad Fadel, Noah Feldman, Nader Hashemi, Bernard Haykel, Muqtedar Khan, Saba Mahmood, David Novak, William Quandt, Kevin Reinhart, and Jeremy Waldron.

Author: Khaled Abou El Fadl
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 03/28/2004
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.52w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780691119380


Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2004 pg. 735

About the Author
Khaled Abou El Fadl is Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law. His recent books include The Place of Tolerance in Islam. Joshua Cohen is the Leon and Anne Goldberg Professor of the Humanities at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and coeditor of the Boston Review. Deborah Chasman is coeditor of the Boston Review.

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