Islam And Democracy

by Fatima Mernissi (Author), Mary Jo Lakeland (Translator), Fatima Mernissi (Author)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $8.47

  Why does the fear of democracy rally the holders of power in Islamic nations around the appeal of fundamentalism? The author examines the motives and manoeuvres of the Middle East and the West in an attempt to comprehend why western democracy appears to be an incompatible concept for Islamic societies. By the author of Beyond the Veil and Women and Islam .