Islam and democracy
fear of the modern world
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Author
Publication
1992 - Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Reading, Mass, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
48,750 words, Guess
Page Count
195 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1712583M
- ISBN-100201608839
- OCLC Control Number25916623
- Library of Congress Control Number92014666
- Goodreads1046978
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- LibraryThing239587
Classifications
- DDC909/.0974927
- LCCBP163 .M4713 1992
Description
Is Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalism win out in the Middle East, or will democracy ever be possible? In her groundbreaking new book, Moroccan sociologist Fatima Mernissi explores the ways in which people on dramatically opposing sides - feminists and defenders of democracy versus violent fundamentalists - must use the same sacred texts to prove different views. Islam and Democracy serves as a guide to the players moving the pieces on the rather grim Muslim chessboard, to illuminate what seems to be a battle from another age - a battle the Gulf War revealed as having a very modern technological component. It raises provocative questions about the possibilities for democracy and human rights in the Islamic world, and it is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of the Middle East.
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