From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A comparison between Rashid Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim

The relationship between Islam with a democratic political system has been questionable at best and incompatible at worst. While countless research has been done on this issue for decades especially with the rise of Islamist apologists in the years following the invas...

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Main Authors: Malik, Maszlee, Mohamad Shukri, Syaza Farhana
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Language:English
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Published: International Islamic University Malaysia. 2018
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spelling iium-643162018-07-30T08:07:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/64316/ From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A comparison between Rashid Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim Malik, Maszlee Mohamad Shukri, Syaza Farhana JA Political science (General) The relationship between Islam with a democratic political system has been questionable at best and incompatible at worst. While countless research has been done on this issue for decades especially with the rise of Islamist apologists in the years following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, this paper proposes that it is time we understand the role of Islam through the lenses of democrat Muslims. Democrat Muslims are those who seek to preserve and promote the five major qualities in human life with values that surpass simply protecting the people’s political, social and economic life. By comparing Rashid al-Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim, this paper traces their evolution to come to a similar conclusion that is applicable to most Muslim societies. Using the dissonant politics theory, this paper suggests that local developments were taken into high consideration when these two figures decided to conceptualize what is known today as Democrat Muslims. International Islamic University Malaysia. 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64316/1/document.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64316/7/64316_From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat%20Muslim_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/64316/8/64316_From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat%20Muslim_WoS.pdf Malik, Maszlee and Mohamad Shukri, Syaza Farhana (2018) From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A comparison between Rashid Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim. Intellectual Discourse, 26 (1). pp. 161-188. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639 http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/1119/745
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Malik, Maszlee
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From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A comparison between Rashid Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim
description The relationship between Islam with a democratic political system has been questionable at best and incompatible at worst. While countless research has been done on this issue for decades especially with the rise of Islamist apologists in the years following the invasion of Iraq in 2003, this paper proposes that it is time we understand the role of Islam through the lenses of democrat Muslims. Democrat Muslims are those who seek to preserve and promote the five major qualities in human life with values that surpass simply protecting the people’s political, social and economic life. By comparing Rashid al-Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim, this paper traces their evolution to come to a similar conclusion that is applicable to most Muslim societies. Using the dissonant politics theory, this paper suggests that local developments were taken into high consideration when these two figures decided to conceptualize what is known today as Democrat Muslims.
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author Malik, Maszlee
Mohamad Shukri, Syaza Farhana
author_facet Malik, Maszlee
Mohamad Shukri, Syaza Farhana
author_sort Malik, Maszlee
title From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A comparison between Rashid Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim
title_short From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A comparison between Rashid Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim
title_full From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A comparison between Rashid Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim
title_fullStr From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A comparison between Rashid Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim
title_full_unstemmed From political Islam to democrat Muslim: A comparison between Rashid Ghannouchi and Anwar Ibrahim
title_sort from political islam to democrat muslim: a comparison between rashid ghannouchi and anwar ibrahim
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia.
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/64316/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64316/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64316/1/document.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64316/7/64316_From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat%20Muslim_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/64316/8/64316_From%20political%20Islam%20to%20democrat%20Muslim_WoS.pdf
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