We praise democracy most of the time, but we practice it as if we had accepted every argument against it, as if we believed it must depress the level of culture and of public life
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Mishal Al SulamiMishal Al Sulami is the author of The West and Islam: Western Liberal Democracy versus the System of Shura (Routledge, 2003). Recent articlesDemocracy 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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