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Daniel Pipes in a debate: Is Islam compatible with Democracy?
Answering:
In Islam, Allah is the ultimate authority. In democracy, authority ultimately lies with the people. But does this mean that Islam is incompatible with democracy?
Are the differences between Islam (especially when given political form) and the liberal democracies of the West so great as to represent a 'clash of civilizations'?
Is an approach in which society is ordered according the will of God compatible with one in which the will of the people reigns supreme?
Complete video at: fora.tv:
fora.tv/2008/04/15/Is_Islam_Compatible_With_Democracy#fullprogram
About Daniel Pipes:
Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and a prize-winning columnist who writes for the New York Times Syndicate. His website, DanielPipes.org, is one of the most accessed internet sources of specialized information on the Middle East and Islam. Pipes received his AB (1971) and PhD (1978) in History from Harvard University and spent six years studying abroad, including three years in Egypt. Mr Pipes speaks French and reads Arabic and German. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, the US Naval War College, and Pepperdine University.
Daniel Pipes in a debate: Is Islam compatible with Democracy?
Answering:
In Islam, Allah is the ultimate authority. In democracy, authority ultimately lies with the people. But does this mean that Islam is incompatible with democracy?
Are the differences between Islam (especially when given political form) and the liberal democracies of the West so great as to represent a 'clash of civilizations'?
Is an approach in which society is ordered according the will of God compatible with one in which the will of the people reigns supreme?
Complete video at: fora.tv:
fora.tv/2008/04/15/Is_Islam_Compatible_With_Democracy#fullprogram
About Daniel Pipes:
Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and a prize-winning columnist who writes for the New York Times Syndicate. His website, DanielPipes.org, is one of the most accessed internet sources of specialized information on the Middle East and Islam. Pipes received his AB (1971) and PhD (1978) in History from Harvard University and spent six years studying abroad, including three years in Egypt. Mr Pipes speaks French and reads Arabic and German. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, the US Naval War College, and Pepperdine University.
