Islam and Liberal Democracy: Recognizing Pluralism

There is an emerging current of enlightened thought in the Muslim world today, but it is all too often wrongly labeled and poorly understood.

The rise of Islamist parties poses new challenges to efforts to understand the relationship between Islam and democracy. A diverse group of authors investigates this new phenomenon and its implications…

Politics in the Arab Middle East is often a matter of powerholders first liberalizing — and then "deliberalizing" — public life in order to first maintain their rule. But this…