The Role of Islam in the Public Square

Abdulaziz Sachedina deals with the role of religion in the development of democratic institutions in the light of the American intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq. With this intervention, constitutional debates have as yet to tackle the role of religious convictions and values in the development of democratic institutions to guarantee basic freedoms and rights in those countries. A major stumbling block to democratization, Sachedina argues, is the way the role of religious values is currently d