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The essays in this section are concerned with one fundamental question: Is Islam compatible with democracy or not? They give a rather straightforward answer: Yes, Islam and democracy are indeed compatible, even though some qualify this statement. In a sense, the articles attempt to respond to the challenge that remained open in the first section, namely, why Muslims should accept democratic pluralism and should not endorse extremism and fundamentalism.
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Walzer, Michael. 2015. Islamism and the left: An exchange between Andrew F. March and Michael Walzer. Dissent (online only). Winter 2015. Downloaded at https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/islamism-and-left-exchange.
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Kaul, V. (2016). Foreword: Islam and Democracy. In: Benhabib, S., Kaul, V. (eds) Toward New Democratic Imaginaries - İstanbul Seminars on Islam, Culture and Politics. Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41821-6_9
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