Islam och Demokrati

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The purpose of this paper is to study the subject Islam and Democracy and see what

commonalities exist between the two ideas and traditions of thoughts. The subject is topical

and often highlighted by the media in the West. The Islamic voices that we hear today is

certainly not democratic, given the violence and hatred carried out by Islamic extremists

against the West. The investigation of this paper have shown a different direction when there

are other voices such as those investigated reformist thinkers who argue that Islam has many

democratic elements, and even that Islam is more suitable than democracy. According to the

reformists is

model of an Islamic state is democratic and legitimate. The research is based on a

comprehensive overview of Islam, Sharia Law, the development of political Islam and the

reformers

by the reformers and advocates for the theoretical point of democracy

many democratic elements exist in the reformers islamic modell

and traditions of thought.

the sovereignity of god more suitable than sovereignty of the people. Governancevision of an Islamic state. The conclusion shows a comparison between the Islamic modeland the result shows that. Democracy works with different ideass such as socialism, liberalism, conservatism, etc., so why should it

not be possible to reconcile Islam and democracy?