Islam & the Age of Democracy: Origins, Continuity and Change

Harvard HKS

This course is designed to prepare students to effectively engage with Islam, the Muslim community, and the Muslim world, through an exploration of Islam and Muslim encounters with Democracy, through the exploration of three central questions: The first central question asks whether Islam is compatible with Democracy? While certainly not a new inquiry, this question stems from the fact that the political character of the overwhelming majority of Muslim countries in the age of Democracy…