Democracy in Islam

From the early twentieth century onward, many Muslim thinkershave explored the prospects for establishing an “Islamic democracy”by defining, discussing, and debating the relationship andcompatibility (and similarity) between “Islamic political concepts”and the “notions and positive features of democracy.”They interpret the Islamization of democracy on the basis of amodern reinterpretation of several key Islamic political concepts– mainly khilafah and shura – to provide an effective foundationfor understanding the (contemporary) relationship between Islamand democracy. The majority of scholars in the Muslim worldcontinue to throw light on the “modern reflection on democracy,”thereby pushing this century-long search ever forward.