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020			_a9781316610572 _qpaperback
020			_a9781107158054 _qhardback
040			_aUK-LoPHL _beng _cUK-LoPHL _erda
082		4	_a342.850091767
100	1		_aDawood, Ahmed, _eauthor. _9128279
245	1	0	_aDemocracy under god : _bconstitutions, Islam and human rights in the Muslim world / _cDawood Ahmed, Muhammad Zubair Abbasi.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2023.
300			_axxi, 209 pages : _billustrations, charts (black and white)
336			_2rdacontent _atext
336			_2rdacontent _astill image
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
490	1		_aComparative constitutional law and policy
505	0		_aIslamic constitutionalism : origins and present -- What is an Islamic constitution? -- Constitutional Islamization and Islamic supremacy clauses -- Case studies : Iran, Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq -- Islamic supremacy clauses and rights : Islamic review in practice.
520			_a"State recognition of Islam in Muslim countries invites fierce debate from scholars and politicians alike, some of whom assume an inherent conflict between Islam and liberal democracy. Analyzing case studies and empirical data from several Muslim-majority countries, Ahmed and Abbasi find, counterintuitively, that in many Muslim countries, constitutional recognition of Islam often occurs during moments of democratization. Indeed, the insertion of Islam in a constitution is frequently accompanied by an expansion, not a reduction, in constitutional human rights, with case law from higher courts in Egypt and Pakistan demonstrating that potential tensions between the constitutional pursuit of human rights, liberal democracy and Islam are capable of judicial resolution. The authors also argue that colonial history was pivotal in determining whether a country adopted the constitutional path of Islam or secularism partly explaining why Islam in constitutional politics survived and became more prevalent in Muslim countries that were colonized by the British, and not those colonized by the French or Soviets. The authors conclude that it is important for policymakers to recognize that, considering the enduring political popularity of Islam in many Muslim countries, it may be inevitable that the pursuit of democratization in the Muslim world follows its own unique and distinct, non-secular trajectory that accommodates Islam."-- _cTaken from front matter.
650		0	_aConstitutional law _zIslamic countries. _9128281
650		0	_aHuman rights _zIslamic countries. _959504
650		0	_aConstitutional law (Islamic law) _927531
650		0	_aLaw _zIslamic countries _xIslamic influences. _9128282
700	1		_aAbbasi, Muhammad Zubair, _d1982- _eauthor. _9128280
830		0	_aComparative constitutional law and policy. _9118548
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