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"By giving democracy a technical and legal basis in Islamic law, El Fadl provides it with a certificate of authentication". --
Bezalel Stern, Jerusalem PostEl Fadl provides [democracy] with a certificate of authentication that secular writers . . . cannot. --
Bezalel Stern , The Jerusalem Post
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What El Fadl achieves in his short book is noteworthy primarily because he brings the concept of democracy home, literally, for the world's Muslims. By giving democracy a technical and legal basis in Islamic law, El Fadl provides it with a certificate of authentication that secular writers . . . cannot.
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Bezalel Stern The Jerusalem Post )
In a just world, Khaled Abou El Fadl would get as much publicity as Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Bin Laden and Zarqawi blow up buildings and slaughter fellow Muslims. Abou El Fadl blows up everything those two terrorists supposedly believe in.
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Carlin Romano Philadelphia Inquirer )
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