Islam and democracy after the Arab Spring [electronic resource] / John L. Esposito, Tamara Sonn, and John O. Voll.

9780190263799 (electronic book)

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

English

1 online resource (306 pages)

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195147988 doi

JQ1850.A91 E86 2015eb

320.91767

This title examines the recent Arab uprisings and the democratic process in the Muslim world, while also analysing the larger relationship between religion and politics. The text applies a 21st-century perspective to the question of whether or not Islam is 'compatible' with democracy by redirecting the conversation toward a new politics of democracy that transcends both secular authoritarianism and Political Islam.

This title examines the recent Arab uprisings and the democratic process in the Muslim world, while also analysing the larger relationship between religion and politics. The text applies a 21st-century perspective to the question of whether or not Islam is 'compatible' with democracy by redirecting the conversation toward a new politics of democracy that transcends both secular authoritarianism and Political Islam.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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