Islam and Liberal Democracy: The Limits of the Western Model

Issue Date April 1996
Volume 7
Issue 2
Page Numbers 81-85
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About the Author

Mohamed Elhachmi Hamdi is a Tunisian-born writer and a doctoral candidate at the University of London. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language newspaper Al Mustakillah and the English and Arabic quarterly The Diplomat. He was a member of the Tunisian Islamic movement al-Nahda for more than ten years before his resignation in 1992.

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