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Mishal Al Sulami

Mishal Al Sulami is the author of The West and Islam: Western Liberal Democracy versus the System of Shura (Routledge, 2003).

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Democracy in the Arab world: the Islamic foundation

A detailed examination of Islamic thinking and practice shows that the alleged conflict between Islam and democracy is an illusion, says Mishal Al Sulami.

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