Islam and Democracy
Law, Gender and the West
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Thies Münchow (Hg.), Zeina Barakat (Hg.), Ralf Wüstenberg (Hg.), Islam and Democracy (2022), WBG, Darmstadt, ISBN: 9783534406524
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Beschreibung
This volume breaks new ground by harnessing the views of seventeen distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines who are addressing key questions surrounding the tensions between fundamental ideas of international law, post-colonial and feminist thought on the one hand and Sharia law and protection of belief on the other.
Beschreibung / Abstract
This volume breaks new ground by seeking to identify and focus on the challenges faced by any attempt to integrate democratic principles within the broad framework of Islamic thought and practice. It does so by harnessing the views of seventeen distinguished scholars from a range of disciplines who not only provide their own perspectives, but actively engage with the views of other contributors, thus producing arguments and synergies which are both erudite and convincing.
The volume’s first section ‘Islam and Democracy’ tackles head on the often-contested assertion that Islam is incompatible with democracy, because political authority in Islamic societies derives its legitimacy from scriptural not secular injunctions. This is followed by a discussion of the often-contentious issue of ‘Islam and Sharia Law’ leading into the examination of the vexed issue of ‘Islam and the West.’ Finally, the volume fosters the underdeveloped, but blatant question of womanhood and ‘gender within Islam.’
The volume’s first section ‘Islam and Democracy’ tackles head on the often-contested assertion that Islam is incompatible with democracy, because political authority in Islamic societies derives its legitimacy from scriptural not secular injunctions. This is followed by a discussion of the often-contentious issue of ‘Islam and Sharia Law’ leading into the examination of the vexed issue of ‘Islam and the West.’ Finally, the volume fosters the underdeveloped, but blatant question of womanhood and ‘gender within Islam.’
Beschreibung
Zeina Barakat, a Jerusalem-born Palestinian scholar, Dr. phil. (Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena 2017), is a Research Assistant at Europa-Universität Flensburg and since 2019 a Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute (Cambridge University/ UK).
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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0)
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Cover
- Impressum
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. Islam and Democracy
- Islam and Democracy – Exploring the Islamic Democratic Culture
- “… But Tie Your Camel” – Islam and Democracy
- Tendencies of Backsliding and Regression in Muslim Electoral Democracies
- II. Islam and Islamic Law (Sharia)
- Introduction to Islam, with Reference to the Flexibility of Islamic Law
- Islam and Democracy – Between Textualism and Rationalism
- The Concept of Civil Islam and the Secular Democratic State
- III. Islam and the West
- Islam and Democracy – The Voice of Western Muslims
- Diplomacy for Democracy in Palestine Post-Oslo: Success or Failure?
- The Notion of Democracy in International Law
- IV. Islam and the Question of Gender
- Women in Islam – Between Social Traditions and the Quran
- Muslim Feminism in the Netherlands and Its Discontents – The Case of Shirin Musa
- Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Submission’ – Islam, Democracy, and a Case of Radical Desublimation
- Final Reflexions
- The Democratic Impulse and the Light of Faith – Concluding Interpretations from a Christian Perspective
- Modernity, liberalism, democracy – Conclusion Chapter from a Muslim Perspective
- Authors & Editors