Sherman Jackson on Islam and Liberal Democracy

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November 17, 2009 | This video has been excerpted from the Berkley Center's event Islam and Liberal Democracy: How Tradition Matters.
The Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and the Berkley Center sponsored a seminar with leading scholars to address how tradition matters in Islamic political thought today. The wide-ranging discussion considered how the Islamic tradition - including the Qur'an, the life and sayings of the Prophet, and diverse legal schools - relates to the idea of a liberal democratic state.