Islam and Liberal Democracy: The Limits of the Western Model

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

Is the Islamic-oriented party that has ruled since 2002 really the harbinger of 'Muslim democracy,' or is it something more familiar in Turkish politics: a hierarchical group none too closely…

Of all the “Arab Spring” countries, so far only Tunisia has managed to make a transition to democracy. Tunisians now have a chance to show the world a new example…