Contemporary Arab thinkers

Section: Political books

Number of pages: 527 pages

Is Islam, as a religion and culture, a real obstacle to the establishment of democracy and the Charter of Human Rights? Is it, by its nature and essence, incompatible with democracy and human rights? He says: “If this is the case, then this requires saying that Islam had the upper hand in the Islamic political experience over political authority, or at least that the religious institution be integrated with the political institution, i.e. the sultanate or caliphate, in one political entity, while the reality of the Islamic political experience bears witness to otherwise.”