Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Islamist Movements and the Political Challenge: An Alternate Perspective (III)

Political Differences The ‘Islamic state’, says Tahan, allows for all citizens to freely express their views. In such a situation it is but natural that differences will arise. Since freedom, equality and justice are the pillars of the Islamic order, the Islamic political system must accept the...

Islamist Movements and the Political Challenge: An Alternate Perspective (II)

The Challenge of Democracy Democracy, notes Tahan, has been denigrated and condemned in much Islamist literature in recent times. It is presented as a system wherein it is the people themselves who make their own laws, while in Islam the actual law-maker is God. Hence, several Islamist activists...