Under siege
Subtitle: Islam and democracy : proceedings of a conference held at Columbia University, June 18-19, 1993
By: edited by Richard W. Bulliet.
Contributors: Bulliet, Richard W.; Columbia University. Middle East Institute.
Series: Occasional papers / Middle East Institute, Columbia University -- 1.; Occasional papers (Columbia University. Middle East Institute) -- 1.
Publisher: Middle East Institute, Columbia University
Published: 1994
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Islam and politics -- Congresses
Table of contents: title: Rhetoric, discourse, and the future of hope / Richard W. Bulliet; title: Islam and the West : challenges and opportunities / Mohammad Jaafar Mahallati; title: Islam, democracy and the future of Iraq / Syed Mohammad Bahrul Uloom; title: Islam and the norms of democracy / Gary Sick; title: Islam and human rights : is there a right to be wrong? / Lisa Anderson; title: Islamic society, civil society, and political regimes / Serif Mardin and Muhsin Mahdi; title: Islam and the media / Leon Hadar; title: The West and the politics of Muslim activism / Mowahid Hussein Shah; title: The legal basis for the validity of the majority opinion in Islamic legislation / Hossein Modarressi; title: Is Islam compatible with democracy? : a comparative perspective / Frank E. Vogel; title: Democracy in Islamic law / Khaled Abu al-Fadl; title: Reinventing the wheel of democracy : an exercise in intercivilizational exchange / Ahmad Sadri; title: Islam and the challenge of democracy /John L. Esposito.