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Article: Fattah, Moataz A. Democratic Values in the Muslim World.(Book review)
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- International Social Science Review
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- March 22, 2008
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Fattah, Moataz A. Democratic Values in the Muslim World. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006. xi + 209 pages. Cloth, $49.95.
Observers of northern Africa, the Balkans, and southern Asia with an affinity for "clashes of civilizations" like to stress Islam's general otherness and incorrigibility; they have long tended to short-circuit their well-meaning opponents' objections by blurting out the question, "So why are there no real democracies in the Muslim world?" The answer to this question grew even more topical after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, but it was always bedevilled by inexactness.
Moataz A. Fattah, an assistant professor of ...