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Islam and Democracy: Toward Effective Citizenship is an Arabic text connecting the tenets of Islam to the principles of democracy. Using Street Law, Inc.’s Democracy for All text as a framework, Street Law, Inc.. staff, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, and experts from the participating countries collaborated to develop the text. Through interactive workshops, community leaders used this text to facilitate discussion about civil society and Arab culture.
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director of international programs & human resources
1 February 2006
5 December 2005
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This program was funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
Islam and Democracy: Toward Effective Citizenship is an Arabic text that highlights the intersection between democratic principles and political tenets of Islam, while asking people to consider the shape democracy can take in Muslim societies. This text is out of print. (ISBN 0-9774716-1-6)
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
February 1, 2006 Beginning in the spring of 2006, Street Law materials on democracy will be taught throughout the Middle East. Community leaders will use the recently completed Arabic-language text Islam and Democracy: Towards Effective Citizenship, to teach grassroots audiences in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco. Read more
December 5, 2005 Democracy can take root in the Muslim world only if the average citizen sees it as compatible with Islam, according to the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) and Street Law Inc., two groups that seek to plant the seeds for democratic development in the Middle East and North Africa. Read more
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