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Article: The relevance of John Locke to social change in the Muslim world: a comparison with Iran.
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- Journal of Church and State
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Speaking at a symposium on political change and democracy in the Muslim world, Richard Bulliet, an eminent historian at Columbia University, offered the following note of caution:
Notions like human rights, equality and civil liberties did not come from documents. They came from struggles. Anyone who is aware of the feminist movement in this country can see such a struggle taking place; a struggle that has yet to succeed but that probably will in time. Struggles cannot be fought from the outside; they must occur internally. What struggles will take place within the community of Muslims I would not hazard to say. Nor would I venture an opinion as to whether the ...