Essential reading for anyone interested in an understanding of the Muslim heart and mind. Is Islam compatible with democracy? Must fundamentalists win out in the Middle East? The groundbreaking Islam and Democracy serves as a guide to the playersfrom feminists to fundamentalistsmoving the pieces on the rather grim Muslim chessboard, and raises provocative questions about the possibilities for democracy and human rights in the Islamic world.
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INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 236 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-201-62483-0 (9780201624830)
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Introduction: The Gulf War: Fear and Its Boundaries * A Mutilated Modernity Fear of the Foreign West Fear of the Imam Fear of Democracy The United Nations Charter The Koran * Sacred Concepts And Profane Anxieties Fear of Freedom of Thought Fear of Individualism Fear of the Past Fear of the Present Womens Song: Destination Freedom Conclusion: The Simorgh Is Us!
