Research Catalog

Title

Under siege : Islam and democracy : proceedings of a conference held at Columbia University, June 18-19, 1993 / edited by Richard W. Bulliet.

Publication

[New York] : Middle East Institute, Columbia University, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Bulliet, Richard W.
• Columbia University. Middle East Institute

Description

148 p.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Occasional papers / Middle East Institute, Columbia University ; 1

Uniform Title

• Occasional papers (Columbia University. Middle East Institute) 1.
• Occasional papers (Middle East Institute, Columbia University) ; 1.

Subject

Islam and politics > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Rhetoric, discourse, and the future of hope / Richard W. Bulliet -- Islam and the West : challenges and opportunities / Mohammad Jaafar Mahallati -- Islam, democracy and the future of Iraq / Syed Mohammad Bahrul Uloom -- Islam and the norms of democracy / Gary Sick -- Islam and human rights : is there a right to be wrong? / Lisa Anderson -- Islamic society, civil society, and political regimes / Serif Mardin and Muhsin Mahdi -- Islam and the media / Leon Hadar -- The West and the politics of Muslim activism / Mowahid Hussein Shah -- The legal basis for the validity of the majority opinion in Islamic legislation / Hossein Modarressi -- Is Islam compatible with democracy? : a comparative perspective / Frank E. Vogel -- Democracy in Islamic law / Khaled Abu al-Fadl -- Reinventing the wheel of democracy : an exercise in intercivilizational exchange / Ahmad Sadri -- Islam and the challenge of democracy /John L. Esposito.

OCLC

• 30311445
• SCSB-11248766

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Harvard Library