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Can Islam bring democracy to the Middle East?

2001-11-29, Issue 44

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/4421

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A new generation of theological thinkers, led by figures such as Iranian President Muhammad Khatami and Tunisian activist Rached Ghannouchi, is reconsidering the orthodoxies of Islamic politics. In the process, such leaders are demonstrating that the Middle East may be capable of generating a genuinely democratic order, one based on indigenous values.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_novdec_2001/takeyh.html

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