Islam and Liberal Democracy: A Historical Overview

Issue Date April 1996
Volume 7
Issue 2
Page Numbers 52-63
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About the Author

Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor (emeritus) of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Formerly professor of history at the University of London, he is the author of many books, including The Political Language of Islam (1988) and The Arabs in History (1960). 

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