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Mohammad Fadel

Mohammad Fadel is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Toronto.

Articles

The notion that elimination of the Muslim Brotherhood would produce a liberal democratic order was wishful thinking.
Mohammad Fadel

Forums

The promise of democracy lies in its potential to cultivate political virtue over time. But Egypt's liberals, unnerved by the policies of the legitimate Muslim Brotherhood government, refused to wait.

Mohammad Fadel

Forum Responses

Ira Katznelson raises what seem to be perennial questions of the viability of representative democracy. The perceived failings of the system, particularly in the United States, reverberate far and wide: for example,...
Mohammad Fadel
I am grateful for the thoughtful responses to my essay. I will focus my reply on disagreements, which fall into two categories. First, Nathan Brown, Andrew March, and Ellis Goldberg suggest that...
Mohammad Fadel
Khaled Abou El Fadl argues passionately that democracy and Islam share certain fundamental moral notions, and that Muslims may, therefore, assimilate democratic norms without abandoning their religious beliefs. He marshals an impressive...
Mohammad Fadel

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