| Title |
Islamo vertybinis demokratiškasis pradas |
| Translation of Title |
Origin of Islamic democratic values. |
| Authors |
Borusevičiūtė, Miranda ; Šiliauskas, Saulius |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Politikos mokslų almanachas.. Kaunas : Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla. 2011, [t.] 9, p. 7-26.. ISSN 2029-0225. eISSN 2335-7185 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Islam ; democracy ; democratization ; justice |
| Abstract [eng] |
The article analyzes perspectives for democracy in the Islamic socio-cultural and political region. In Islamic world the democratization project meets strong Islamism opposition, which uses Islamic rhetoric and tries to convince the world community that democracy does not conform to the norms of Islam. It has been claimed that by virtue democracy and Islam are just incompatible, implying that fundamental values and principles protected by constitutional democracy are impossible in Islamic nations. However, the conducted analysis proves otherwise. Islam and democracy are not adversaries. On the contrary, they are united by the same fundamental values and principles, which are cherished by Islam and protected by constitutional democracy. Islamic nations have everything in order to build democracy and go toward the rule of law state. Yet it will require extremely radical actions – re-interpretation of contemporary concept of justice as well as the entire Shari’ah reverting to justice as a virtue. And only in this way it will become possible by the idea walk toward God. |
| Published |
Kaunas : Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2011 |
