Islam and the Challenge of Democracy: A Boston Review Book (Boston Review Books)

Similar to Professor Khaled Abou El Fadl's other book, The Place of Tolerance in Islam, this one starts off with the Professor's essay on the topic and then proceeds with numerous other reflection essays by other scholars. Those are a treat to read but the rebuttal essay by the Professor at the end is what truly makes this book a treat to read. Really enjoyed the different takes on the subject and the intellectual journey your brain goes on throughout the debates. Great read yet again.

A great book on Islam and democracy. I really like all the intellectual trouble of trying to adjust both religion and society to the 21st Century reality without taking any shortcuts. A must read for all those interested in democracy theory.

This is a great read. Abou el Fadl makes a clear argument and articulates his opinion on how and Islamic democracy would look like. Some of the reviews by other scholars are not that good (quite frankly a few appear not to have read the original article but all in all a great read.

For a scholarly work, this is a well-thought, erudite and completely unpretentious — a rare combination.Abul Fadel’s essay and many of the comments are written from a place of honest engagement with the subject — which is important and complex.In turn the book provides thought-provoking insights into the entwined questions: what are the Islamic strictures on governance, as well as what is democracy.A must-read for those interested in a contemporary and very readable account on the subject.

it was quite difficult to understand as I have no deep knowledge of theology, nor law. "Some (famous) scholars discuss about the shariah and democracy in the Muslim world". There were some parts I understood almost nothing. I will definitely need to reread this after learning a bit more about shariah.