Islamic Liberalism will make a comeback

Submitted by Schills (United States), Jun 20, 2012 at 20:35

There is a rather long tradition of "liberalism" in Islam. One need only read the satire of Jahiz, or Badi al-Zaman to get a sense of the political humor and biting social commentary which has existed in the Muslim world.

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