RT Article
T1 Islamist attitudes towards democracy: A review of the ideas of al-Ghazali, al-Turabi and 'Amara
JF British journal of Middle Eastern studies
VO 20
IS 1
SP 57
OP 63
A1 Solh, Raghid el-
LA English
PB Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis
YR 1993
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1630343919
AB In 1985 some political events took place indicating an increased interest in democracy in a number of Arab societies. The question of democracy has thus become relevant to the Islamists, who can be divided into three groups regarding their relationship to the concept of democracy: The first group rejects democracy equating it with apostasy, the second group regards Islam as inherently democratic, thus not requiring experience from the non-Muslim world, the third group puts more emphasis on democracy in its representative forms than the former two groups and is less sceptical of borrowing experience from non-Muslim societies. Bearing this system of classification in mind, the author undertakes a closer examination of the positions of three prominent Islamist theorists: 1. al-Turabi (Sudan), who is regarded as a representative of the second group as he points out the superiority of al-shura in contrast of Western democracies; 2. 'Amara (Egypt) and 3. al-Ghazali (Egypt, Algeria), both of them are regarded as representatives of the third group, who differ from their Sudanese conterpart on a number of issues; the latter two prefer representative democracy, they both are open to learn from Western societies. (DÜI-Kli)
K1 Islamisierung
K1 Fundamentalismus
K1 Islam
K1 Demokratie
K1 Herrschaftssystem
K1 Ideologie
K1 Religion
K1 Politischer Islam
K1 Islamische Staaten