Democracy under God : constitutions, Islam, and human rights in the Muslim world / Dawood Ahmed, Muhammad Zubair Abbasi.
"The place of Islam in constitutions invites fierce debate from scholars and politicians alike. Many of these debates assume an inherent conflict between constitutional Islam and 'secular' values of liberal democracy and human rights. Using case studies from several Muslim-majority st...
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Comparative constitutional law and policy.
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| Summary: | "The place of Islam in constitutions invites fierce debate from scholars and politicians alike. Many of these debates assume an inherent conflict between constitutional Islam and 'secular' values of liberal democracy and human rights. Using case studies from several Muslim-majority states, this book surveys the history and role of Islam in constitutions. Tracing the origins of constitutional Islam, Dawood Ahmed and Muhammad Zubair Abbasi argue that colonial history and political bargaining were pivotal factors in determining whether a country adopted Islam, and not secularism, in its constitution. Contrary to the common contention that the constitutional incorporation of Islam is generally antithetical to human rights, Ahmed and Abbasi also show that Islam has not only been popularly demanded and introduced into constitutions during periods of 'democratisation' and 'modernisation', but also that constitutional Islamisation has frequently been accompanied by an expansion in constitutional human rights"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 209 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316662618 1316662616 9781009325066 100932506X 9781009325073 1009325078 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781316662618 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 04, 2023). |