http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-turkey/article_679.jsp Comments for "Democratic culture and extremist Islam, Werner Schiffauer " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-turkey/article_679.jsp Are Islam and democracy incompatible? The evolution of a radical Turkish Islamic group in Germany suggests that the pursuit of &#145;fundamentalist&#146; goals can itself create the space for a rational appraisal of tradition. By seeking truth in origin and scripture rather than history, successive generations of Islamists may be drawn &#150; even despite themselves &#150; towards a more flexible commitment to a network society of social individuals. This may not yet be democracy; but it is reformation.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-turkey/article_679.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-turkey/article_679.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/faith-turkey/article_679.jsp#comment europe europe &amp; islam faith &amp; ideas Original Copyright the future of turkey Werner Schiffauer Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0100 679 at http://www.opendemocracy.net