Popular Movements and Democratization in the Islamic World

Kisaichi gives a timely and important book that develops a comparative view of Islam and democracy that goes beyond the usual stereotype of Islam being incompatible with democracy.

Résumé
Ever since the terrorist incident of September 11th a general understanding seems to have arisen among people that the challenges posed by Islam have now acquired human and global dimensions.Popular Movements and Democratization in the Islamic World contains case studies of people's movements in diverse areas and periods, and it seeks to develop a comparative view of Islam and democracy that goes beyond the usual stereotype of Islam being incompatible with democracy. Unravelling the complexities that have arisen between Islam and democracy is the principal task of Islamic scholars, and this book will undoubtedly prove a starting point for all such endeavours. While primarily intended for students and scholars, this timely and important text will prove of interest even to general readers with interests in Islamic studies.

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1. Saints and Sultans: Religious Authority and Temporal Power in Precolonial Morocco
   2. Saints and Sufis in Post-Communist Albania
   3. Bridging the Gap Between Pre-Soviet and Post-Soviet Sufism in the Ferghana Valley (Uzbekistan): The Naqshbandi Order between Tradition and Innovation
   4. The Burhami Order and Islamic Resurgence in Modern Egypt 5. The Uprising of the "Fearsome Ruler of Lanao": Banditry and the Internalization of Violence in a Southern Philippine Muslim Society during the 1930s
   6. Democratization in Indonesia and Malaysia
   7. Penetration of Islamism in Contemporary Indonesia: Militant or Moderate?
   8. The Development of Secularism and Non-Sectarianism in the Middle East **9. Democratization and Islamic Movements in Turkey