Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus charles van doren lived through the stirring era

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How do we begin to learn the art of disagreement

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Author: Charles Taylor

Islam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus charles van doren lived through the stirring eraHow can Muslims be both good citizens of liberal democracies and good Muslims? This is among the most pressing questions of our time, particularly in contemporary Europe. Some argue that Muslims have no tradition of separation of church and state and therefore can't participate in secular, pluralist society. At the other extreme, some Muslims argue that it is the duty of all believers to resist Western forms of government and to impose Islamic law.