Democracy under God: Constitutional Islamization and human rights

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Democracy under God: Constitutional Islamization and human rights "

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	802890
Doc. No	:	TL48070
Call number	:	‭1647769004;‮ ‬3668226‬
Main Entry	:	Abougindia, Islam T.
Title & Author	:	Democracy under God: Constitutional Islamization and human rights
	:	\ Dawood Ahmed
	:	Ginsburg, Tom; Posner, Eric
College	:	The University of Chicago
Date	:	2014
Degree	:	J.S.D.
student score	:	2014
field of study	:	Law
Page No	:	232
Note	:	Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-43215-2
Abstract	:	The Arab Spring, the military coup in Egypt and the Taliban insurgency in Pakistan and Afghanistan have once again highlighted the political stakes of incorporating Islam within a constitution. Many constitutions in the Muslim world include clauses that recognize the Islamic character of the state. The prevalence and impact of these clauses is of immense importance for constitutional design—not just for Muslim countries but also for U.S. foreign policy in the region, which became engaged in the issue during constitution-writing in Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet, there is little scholarship empirically analyzing this phenomenon, also sometimes referred to as 'Constitutional Islamization'. Hence, several important questions remain unanswered. Specifically, how prevalent is Constitutional Islamization? Which countries have the most or least Islamized constitutions? Do secular countries in the Muslim world promise more human rights than Islamic countries? Does having more Islam in the constitution correlate with weaker political participation and gender equality? Do constitutions that incorporate clauses that make Islam or Islamic law supreme in the constitution necessarily endanger human rights?
Subject	:	Religion; Law; Middle Eastern Studies; Public administration
Descriptor	:	Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Arab spring;Constitution;Human rights;Islam;Islamic constitutions index;Islamic supremacy clause
Added Entry	:	Ginsburg, Tom; Posner, Eric
Added Entry	:	The University of Chicago
	:	Law