A lucid and compelling case for a new American stance toward the Islamic world. What comes after jihad? Outside the headlines, believing Muslims are increasingly calling for democratic politics in their undemocratic countries. But can Islam and democracy successfully be combined? Surveying the intel...

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1. Verfasser:	Feldman, Noah 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003
Ausgabe:	1. ed.
Schlagworte:	Democratisering Islam Politik Religion Democracy > Religious aspects > Islam Islam and politics > Islamic countries Islam and world politics Demokratie Außenpolitik USA Islamic countries > Politics and government Islamic countries > Relations > United States United States > Relations > Islamic countries Naher Osten
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Zusammenfassung:	A lucid and compelling case for a new American stance toward the Islamic world. What comes after jihad? Outside the headlines, believing Muslims are increasingly calling for democratic politics in their undemocratic countries. But can Islam and democracy successfully be combined? Surveying the intellectual and geopolitical terrain of the contemporary Muslim world, Noah Feldman proposes that Islamic democracy is indeed viable and desirable, and that the West, particularly the United States, should work to bring it about, not suppress it. Encouraging democracy among Muslims threatens America's autocratic Muslim allies, and raises the specter of a new security threat to the West if fundamentalists are elected. But in the long term, the greater threat lies in continuing to support repressive regimes that have lost the confidence of their citizens. By siding with Islamic democrats rather than the regimes that repress them, the United States can bind them to the democratic principles they say they support, reducing anti-Americanism and promoting a durable peace in the Middle East. After Jihad gives the context for understanding how the many Muslims who reject religious violence see the world after the globalization of democracy.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	260 p. 24 cm
ISBN:	0374177694