Islam, secularism, and liberal democracy toward a democratic theory for Muslim societies /

• Main Author: Hashemi, Nader, 1966-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
• Subjects: 1900 - 1999; Islam and secularism.; Democracy > Religious aspects > Islam.; Secularism > Islamic countries.; Democracy > Islamic countries.; Islam and politics > Islamic countries.; Democracy.; Islam and politics.; Secularism.; RELIGION > Theology. > Islam; Democracy > Islam. > Religious aspects; Political science.; Islamic countries > Politics and government > 20th century.; Islamic countries.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 280 pages) : illustrations
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-270) and index.
• ISBN: 9780199717514 (electronic bk.); 0199717516 (electronic bk.); 9780195321241; 0195321243

Islam's relationship to liberal-democratic politics has emerged as one of the most pressing and contentious issues in international affairs. Nader Hashemi challenges the widely held belief among social scientists that religious politics and liberal-democratic development are structurally incompatible. While there are certainly tensions between religion and democracy, the two are not irreconcilable. Liberal democracy requires a form of secularism to sustain itself, yet the main, political, cultural and intellectual resources that Muslim democrats can draw upon are religious. How can this parado.