This religious study will compare and contrast the premise of democracy ands freedom in the Islamic religion in “Islam and Democracy” by John L. Esposito and John O. Voll and “Identity, Immigration, and Liberal Democracy” by Francis Fukuyama. Fukuyama’s (2006) argument against democracy in Islamic society is founded on the “identity politics” of modernization that creates tyrannical fundamentalist terrorist ideology after the attacks of 9./11. In contrast to this view, Esposito and Voll (2001) define complexity of Islamic governance that supports democracy and other forms of government. In this way, the “monolithic” description of Islam as a monarchical/terrorist society is an artificial construct of western societies. However, Esposito and …show more content…
Esposito and John O. Voll and “Identity, Immigration, and Liberal Democracy” by Francis Fukuyama. Fukuyama (2006) provides a radicalized view of fundamentalist ideology as being a dominant them in the “modern” Islamic world. This radicalization of Islam is seen as a war against the democratic principles of western society, which have shifted many Muslim’s away from democratic forms of governance. In contrast to this form of radical identity politics, Esposito and Voll (2001) argue that the Quran and other modern Islamic scholars rarely implement radical forms of Islam in the 21st century. In similar ways, Fukuyama (2006) and Esposito and Voll (2001) agree that radical fundamentalism is not part of a traditional view of governance, since a majority of Muslim people often practices a dynamic blend of democratic and Islamic governance. These are important similarities and contrasting approaches to democracy in Islam, which Fukuyama (2006) and Esposito and Voll (2001) bring froth in this debate on radical and non-radical ideologies of modern Islamic governmental practices. The idea of democracy in the Islamic world presents varying levels of religious and secular aspects of governing, which often do not involve radical or fundamentalist views of governing in the 21st
Democracy spreading in the Middle East is counterintuitive and according to Mike, it does no benefits to intervene any longer. He believes that intervening in other countries problems, motivates a sensitive group, the Muslims all around the globe, into triggering unfortunate actions like shooting up a nightclub. Why he believes this concept, is explained through six notions; U.S. support of Israel, support of dictatorship in the Middle East, inhabiting of the Arabian Peninsula, Israelis escalating, reliance on inexpensive oil, military presence in other countries in the “Muslim world”, and lastly, our unfair disposition to categorize as terrorist, any Muslim population that one of our allies (Russia or China) dislikes. Above all else, the self-appointed duty of America, as the democratic police of the world, has ironically become our Achilles
In addition, Brigitte claims that Islam incarnates violence and accuses it to “supersede” any man-made law via the Sharia law. To respond to her claims, the author
Islam was an emerging religion in a time of rebirth and when civilizations were beginning to crumble down. In 610, in the caravan city of Mecca, Muhammad received his first revelation from the angel Gabriel about the all powerful god Allah. Spreading like wildfire, this religion quickly became one of the most influential religions to date. Islam, a major turning point in world history, caused numerous continuities and changes. Due to the emergence of Islam, trade to numerous regions such as East Africa and China intensified tremendously, and in addition, facilitated the rise of new powerful empires.
The documents prefers a Republican Democracy over a Pure Democracy: From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure
26 Despite this, when we analyse the limitations of Radicalism, it is important to remember that they did achieve the separation of
The book deals with the history of Islam and provides arguments over the liberal interpretation of the religion. The book puts the blame on the Western imperialism and the self-serving misinterpretations of Islamic law by the past scholars for the controversies which are taking place within Islam. The work by Reza Aslan challenges the clash of civilizations. The book
After the classical period the Islamic civilization showed an advancement in a variety of different aspects of their culture. They adopted a lot of it from earlier civilizations but had had a massive contribution on their part. The effect of this is that the Muslim culture and intellectual ideas were very long lasting. The achievements of the Islamic empires contributed to the development of their Golden Age.
As a former leader of the free world, President Obama evidences and clarifies the benefits and defining qualities of a democracy that encourages for the formation of more democratic forms of government. “Governments that respect the rights of their citizens and abide by the rule of law do better, grow faster, draw more investment than those who don’t” (President Obama). This respect not only establishes a peaceful relationship between the government and its people but also allows freedom to reign. This analysis of the effects of democracy on human rights is necessary, for it is quite evident that in authorities and monarchies these same freedoms are not granted.
The Greeks played an important role in the foundation of Western Civilization’s political science (Wolfe 1). Behind the establishment of democracy lies a legacy filled of empowerment, strategic leadership, and loyalty that lead to the ultimate victory of political freedom. There were many Greeks however, who opposed and argued against democracy, but for the Athenians it’s what made Athens great. Athenians enjoyed a life enriched with their views of freedom, believing this is what allowed humans to reach their fullest potential (8). Political freedom did not come easy, yet was birthed from a war that changed the course of Civilization worldwide.
A. PREAMBLE The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 has sparked intense curiosity and interest in the world especially the West to learn and investigate the religion of Islam. The Muslim people are portrayed as violent and barbaric, and Islam as oppressive and antithesis to human rights values. Thus, escalation of public opinion about Islam has encouraged debates and forums, and also stirred demonstrations and movements which have compelled the Muslims to speak out their minds and interpret and recast their texts viz. Quran and Sunnah of prophet Mohammad and even question and challenge the prevailing culture and practices, and domineering structures.
In his book “Fundamentalism or Populism” Ervand Abrahamian attempts to argue that Khomeini, who is traditionally labeled a fundamentalist, is more appropriately titled a populist. He grounds this argument in the fact that throughout history the beliefs of Khomeini have evolved into ones contradictory to his fundamentalist roots. To prove this Abrahamian cites multiple documents published by, or influenced by Khomeini such as the Constitution of the Islamic Republic and Khomeini’s Divine Will and Testament. In both of these documents Abrahamian points to European concepts such as the separation of powers and the safe guarding of private property, as well as populist rhetoric that calls for revolution from the old regime. Although Khomeini bases
These earlier groups used the ideals such as those used by the Taliban, which was created with the effort to fix Afghanistan. The local perspective in the earlier jihadist groups is evident. The problems of Kashmiris, Palestinians, Chechnyans or Muslims in other parts of the world did not interest these groups. Devji (38) suggest that those earlier groups might not even be aware of the problems affecting Muslims in other parts of the world. Their actions were restricted to their countries and their objectives were local in nature; their actions were also local or regional in nature.
Preface: More than two-hundred years ago, many nations defeated tyrants for the price of self-governance. For the first time in human history, a nation had given supreme executive power to the masses. Nowadays, it is denounced as Democracy that is in the phrase of Abraham Lincoln, a government of all the people, by all the people, for all the people; it is the idea of freedom. However modern democracies vary in different nations due to the challenges governments face leaving unfavorable impacts on society, modern democracies face difficult new challenges; from globalization, to fighting terrorism, adapting to an aging society, and enhancing their current democratic rules of governance.
The central classifications still used in modern-day literature are that the democracy must have electoral rights, political liberties, and the rule of law (MS, Loc 1131 of 6694). These are foundational ideologies that have remained constant through the
History is full of horrible crimes stories and more will be added in the future. While some dare to believe in a world without crime, there always will be crimes of one kind or another and of variable atrocity. During the twenty-first century, more and more crimes have been committed in the world, many of them on behalf of religion. Although, several killings have occurred, notably with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, due to divergences in regards to religious beliefs, this paper will focus on crimes in relation to Islam. Mostly ever since the tragic event of September 11th, Islam, notably due to the organizations associated to it, has been quite fingered and marginalized.