A new book by Earlham professor Ahmed Khanani argues that democracy is an extension of Islamic values and challenges stereotypes about Islam held by Western political leaders and the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All Politics Are God\u2019s Politics: Moroccan Islamism and the Sacralization of Democracy<\/em> (Rutgers University Press, 2021) was written after two years of field research and more than 90 hours of recorded interviews with hundreds of Muslims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is happening with everyday people in the Muslim world is a re-reading of the Qur\u2019an and other source material in the Muslim tradition that was historically not read as democratic but is now,\u201d said Khanani, Plowshares Assistant Professor of Politics and co-director of the Earlham Center for Social Justice. \u201cMy book argues that whereas often scholars and lay persons imagine the Muslim tradition and democracy as being in conflict, in the language of Moroccan Islamists, Islam and democracy are actually consonant with each other. The book is also invested in asking questions in ways that advance the cause of people who are historically underrepresented or marginalized in certain parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PODCAST: Ahmed Khanani talks with the Project on Middle East Studies (POMEPS) <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n