An Islamic approach to the sustainability of democracy

The contemporary viewpoint of many scholars is that politics and religion are two parallel discourses which never meet; or that religion is a personal matter which should not be injected into politics. Their argument for taking this stand is that the two are incongruent and therefore, it is better t...

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Main Author: Adeniyi, M. O. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2004
In: Sophia
Year: 2004, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 95-103
Further subjects:B Democratic Administration
B Democratic Rule
B Moral Virtue
B Personal Comment
B National Survival
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