Islamic democratic discourse : theory, debates, and philosophical perspectives /
Khan, M. A. Muqtedar.
Lanham, MD ; Oxford : Lexington Books,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the emergence of an Islamic democratic discourse / M.A. Muqtedar Khan -- Ijtihad and maslaha: the foundations of governance / Tariq Ramadan -- Elements of government in classical Islam / Tamara Sonn -- Obedience to political authority: an evolutionary concept / Asma Afsaruddin -- Islam, ethnicity, pluralism, and democracy: Malaysia's unique experience / Osman Bakar -- An Islamic quest for a pluralistic political model: a Turkish perspective / Özlem Denli -- Islamic thought between formal conservatism and indigenous liberalism: lessons from the Sudanese heritage / Mahgoub El-Tigani Mahmoud and Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban -- Recent development in Shi'i thought: a brief introduction to the views of three contemporary Shi'ite thinkers / Ali Paya -- The politics, theory, and philosophy of Islamic democracy / M.A. Muqtedar Khan -- The role of Islam in the public square: guidance or governance? / Abdulaziz Sachedina -- Dialogue in an age of terror / Marc Lynch -- Democracy and its (Muslim) critics: An Islamic alternative to democracy? / Abdelwahab El-Affendi.
Islam and state.
Democracy
Islam and politics.