Democracy in Islam

Islamic Sharia was the first of the laws to establish human democracy; it is the democracy that a person acquires as a right that authorizes them to be active in choosing their rulers, and not merely a trick of governance to ward off evil or resolve sedition. After the frustration of the yearning of the peoples of the Arab region, most of whom follow Islam, for freedom intensified, it was fitting for them to draw from what "Al-Ghazal" provided in terms of definition, interpretation, and analysis of the roots of "Democracy in Islam." He addresses all aspects of that democracy, including: economy, society, ethics, legislation, internal and external policies. The author concludes at the end that Islam has its own democracy, which is distinguished by principles and goals that give its practitioners a broader and more comprehensive vision, taking them out of narrow local forms into human, even global, forms. This version of the book is legally published and available for free from the Hindawi Foundation, as the text of the book falls within the scope of public domain according to intellectual property laws.