Tag: democracy

  • Islam and Democracy in the Twenty-first Century

    Islam and Democracy in the Twenty-first Century

    Tauseef Parray’s recent study, “Islam and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century,” offers a comprehensive examination of the relationship between Islam and democracy. The book comprises seven chapters, excluding the introduction, drawing from the insights of thinkers and scholars from the nineteenth to twenty-first century, particularly those from Arab and South Asian regions. Despite recognizing elements…

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  • India’s Hijab Ban, Part II: Defining Islamic Identity

    India’s Hijab Ban, Part II: Defining Islamic Identity

    In the previous section we explored a general trend in contemporary thinkers who — while recognizing the flaws in the existing democratic-constitutional-secular-liberal regime (the ideal in international politics) — locate these flaws in something external to the regime as a kind of consequence of history. Legal scholar Faizan Mustafa and historian Irfan Habib are two…

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