Popular Sovereignty, Islam, and Democracy
This article examines the idea that Islam’s rejection of popular sovereignty makes it incompatible with democracy. I show instead that sovereignty (“absolute despotic power,” popular or otherwise) is a sterile, pedantic, abstruse, formalistic, and legalistic concept, and that democracy should be se...
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Main Author: | Glenn E. Perry |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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International Institute of Islamic Thought
2003
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/f6bb15979f1244ce904ab96aeb2bf2b9 |
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