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Democracy and democratization in contemporary Muslim societies: a theoretical analysis

This paper examines the impact of democracy and democratization on contemporary Muslim societies. The institutional and philosophical approaches to democracy and democratization are inseparable. The paper investigates the relationship between the philosophical dimension of Western democracy and the...

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Main Author: Ra'ees, Wahabuddin
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Language:English
Published: Research Center, IIUM 2010
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JA Political science (General)
JC Political theory
JF Political institutions (General)
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spelling my.iium.irep.47802012-05-08T08:30:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4780/ Democracy and democratization in contemporary Muslim societies: a theoretical analysis Ra'ees, Wahabuddin JA Political science (General) JC Political theory JF Political institutions (General) This paper examines the impact of democracy and democratization on contemporary Muslim societies. The institutional and philosophical approaches to democracy and democratization are inseparable. The paper investigates the relationship between the philosophical dimension of Western democracy and the Muslim philosophy of life and concludes that the democratization of contemporary Muslim societies leads to serious and destabilizing ideological polarization and division of Muslim societies into supporters of secularism and political Islam. The Islamist-secularists relation radicalizes: (1) when the Islamists are prevented from capturing power through democratic institutions and (2) when the advanced Western democratic states cooperate with non-democratic secular elites of Muslim societies. The destabilizing role of democracy can be moderated if the Islamists are engaged in the democratic process, and the debate between the Islamists, the secularists and the West . based on the view that the West should conceive Islam as an alternative weltanschauung (worldview) . focuses on issues that are human properties, irrespective of religion, ethnicity or language. The institutional approach to democracy provides a common ground for cooperation and dialogue between the Islamists, the secularists and the West. Research Center, IIUM 2010 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4780/3/Democracy_and_democratization_in_contemporary_Muslim_societies.pdf Ra'ees, Wahabuddin (2010) Democracy and democratization in contemporary Muslim societies: a theoretical analysis. Intellectual Discourse, 18 (2). pp. 235-259. ISSN 0128-4878 http://www.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse
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JC Political theory
JF Political institutions (General)
Ra'ees, Wahabuddin
Democracy and democratization in contemporary Muslim societies: a theoretical analysis
description This paper examines the impact of democracy and democratization on contemporary Muslim societies. The institutional and philosophical approaches to democracy and democratization are inseparable. The paper investigates the relationship between the philosophical dimension of Western democracy and the Muslim philosophy of life and concludes that the democratization of contemporary Muslim societies leads to serious and destabilizing ideological polarization and division of Muslim societies into supporters of secularism and political Islam. The Islamist-secularists relation radicalizes: (1) when the Islamists are prevented from capturing power through democratic institutions and (2) when the advanced Western democratic states cooperate with non-democratic secular elites of Muslim societies. The destabilizing role of democracy can be moderated if the Islamists are engaged in the democratic process, and the debate between the Islamists, the secularists and the West . based on the view that the West should conceive Islam as an alternative weltanschauung (worldview) . focuses on issues that are human properties, irrespective of religion, ethnicity or language. The institutional approach to democracy provides a common ground for cooperation and dialogue between the Islamists, the secularists and the West.
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title Democracy and democratization in contemporary Muslim societies: a theoretical analysis
title_short Democracy and democratization in contemporary Muslim societies: a theoretical analysis
title_full Democracy and democratization in contemporary Muslim societies: a theoretical analysis
title_fullStr Democracy and democratization in contemporary Muslim societies: a theoretical analysis
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publisher Research Center, IIUM
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