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This book has, at the very least, four purposes: (1) to introduce general readers to the early history of Islam; (2) to sketch some of the salient features of the relationships among Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Arabian Peninsula in the time leading up to and including the 7th century; (3) to summarize, compare, and contrast some of the key stories about figures in the Qur⊃an and Bible; and (4) to point to several of the key events, publications, and Muslim and Christian intellectuals involved in Muslim–Christian dialogue during modern times. The volume is divided into six chapters. In the Introduction, Busse introduces some of the key concepts within Islam and several significant 19th- and 20th-century scholarly works on Islam by Western writers. In the second chapter, he examines the political and religious background of the rise of Islam (giving particular attention to the pre-Islamic religious practices endemic to 7th-century Arabia as well as the historic presence of Jews and Christians in that region), the role of Mecca as a trading center, the complexities of the relationship of the Hanifs to the early Muslim community, and the various textual and oral sources which Muhammad may have used in the formulation of the Qur⊃an.

Introduction / Paul Nesbitt-Larking 1. - Reflections on the Journey / Nawaz Tahir16. - 1. Democracy and Islam: The Incompatible Puzzle / Maryam A. al-Sayyed 20. - 2. Islam and Democracy in the Thought of Fazlur Rahman and Sayyid Abuʻl-A'la Mawdudi / Jon Armajani 37. - 3. Beyond Jamaat-e-Islami: The Political Rise of the Deobandis, the Mystic Leaders, and Islamism in Bangladesh / Humayun Kabir 50. - 4. From the Canadian Shari'a Debates to the Arab World: Developing a Qurʻan-Based Theology of Democracy / Nevin Reda 78. - 5. Kharijites and Qarmatians: Islamic Pre-Democratic Thought, a Political-Theological Analysis / Marco Demichelis101. - 6. Could Civil Marriage Help "Preserve Religion" in Muslim-Majority Countries? / Ingrid Mattson128. - 7. Fragmented Egyptian Islamism: Contesting Islamist Theories and Practice / Gillian Kennedy 147. - 8. Framing Islam and Democracy: Civic Engagement in a Canadian Muslim Organization / Katherine Bullock 171. - 9. Islam and Democracy: The Political Culture of Muslims in Europe / Sabrina de Regt 195. - 10. Islam and Democracy: Voices of Muslims amongst Us / Davide Tacchini and Amédée Turner 228. - 11. Islam and Democracy: Prospects and Pathways / Susan Khazaeli and Daniel Stockemer 242. - 12. Religiosity and Support for Democracy: A Contribution to the Compatibility Debate Through a Comparative Perspective / Nazli Çağin Bilgili 263. - Closing Reflection / Mahdi Tourage and Jonathan Geen 292. - Conclusion / Nawaz Tahir and Ingrid Mattson 296