{"id":1149,"date":"2008-04-18T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T12:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2008\/04\/18\/wie-der-islam-demokratisch-werden-kann_1149"},"modified":"2008-04-18T14:07:38","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T12:07:38","slug":"wie-der-islam-demokratisch-werden-kann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zeit.de\/joerglau\/2008\/04\/18\/wie-der-islam-demokratisch-werden-kann_1149","title":{"rendered":"Wie der Islam demokratisch werden kann…"},"content":{"rendered":"

… erkl\u00e4rt Daniel Pipes<\/a> in der Jerusalem Post:<\/p>\n

\tPut differently, Islam, like all pre-modern religions is undemocratic in spirit. No less than the others, however, it has the potential to evolve in a democratic direction.<\/p>\n

\tSuch evolution is not easy for any religion. In the Christian case, the battle to limit the Catholic Church’s political role lasted painfully long. If the transition began when Marsiglio of Padua published Defensor pacis in the year 1324, it took another six centuries for the Church fully to reconcile itself to democracy. Why should Islam’s transition be smoother or easier?
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\n\tDaniel Pipes \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Foto: DanielPipes.org<\/em><\/p>\n

\tTo render Islam consistent with democratic ways will require profound changes in its interpretation. For example, the anti-democratic law of Islam, the Shari’a, lies at the core of the problem. Developed over a millennium ago, it presumes autocratic rulers and submissive subjects, emphasizes God’s will over popular sovereignty, and encourages violent jihad to expand Islam’s borders. Further, it anti-democratically privileges Muslims over non-Muslims, males over females, and free persons over slaves.<\/p>\n

\tFor Muslims to build fully functioning democracies, they basically must reject the Shari’a’s public aspects. Atat\u00fcrk frontally did just that in Turkey, but others have offered more subtle approaches. Mahmud Muhammad Taha, a Sudanese thinker, dispatched the public Islamic laws by fundamentally reinterpreting the Koran….<\/p>\n

\tMehr hier<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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