A lucid and compelling case for a new American stance toward the Islamic world.What comes after jihad? Outside the headlines; believing Muslims are increasingly calling for democratic politics in their undemocratic countries. But can Islam and democracy successfully be combined? Surveying the intellectual and geopolitical terrain of the contemporary Muslim world; Noah Feldman proposes that Islamic democracy is indeed viable and desirable; and that the West; particularly the United States; should work to bring it about; not suppress it.Encouraging democracy among Muslims threatens America's autocratic Muslim allies; and raises the specter of a new security threat to the West if fundamentalists are elected. But in the long term; the greater threat lies in continuing to support repressive regimes that have lost the confidence of their citizens. By siding with Islamic democrats rather than the regimes that repress them; the United States can bind them to the democratic principles they say they support; reducing anti-Americanism and promoting a durable peace in the Middle East. After Jihad gives the context for understanding how the many Muslims who reject religious violence see the world after the globalization of democracy. It is also an argument about how American self-interest can be understood to include a foreign policy consistent with the deeply held democratic values that make America what it is. At a time when the encounter with Islam has become the dominant issue of U.S. foreign policy; After Jihad provides a road map for making democracy work in a region where the need for it is especially urgent.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Canadian life for Freedom SeekersBy Gary J.I've got a Home in Glory Land is well researched. Karolyn Smardz Frost writes in a very readable form which is important for an academic history book. As we watch the 150th anniversary Civil War events this year; the subject of slavery in the United States is even more important. This book chronicles this dark and shameful chapter in our past. The author uses real stories debunking the myths of African-American inferiority. She tells part of the untold story about what happened to slaves who did escape to Canada. We all know Freedom Seekers followed the Drinking Gourd north; but what happened when they got North? This book answers that question. For more about the life that caused slaves to "Follow the Drinking Gourd";See Negroes To Hire1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. it's in great shape. The story is compelling as wellBy Calli CourtEven tough it's a used audiobook; it's in great shape. The story is compelling as well.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I've Got a Home in Glory LandBy rocky1254My great grandmother Anna Maria Jackson a slave (mentioned in my friend Karolyn Smardz Frost's book) came through the UGRR with her 7 children from Milford; DE..William Still documented her journey...she eventually ended up living in Toronto with the Blackburns until the end of her life..I have much information about her and one of her sons Albert Calvin Whitley Jackson who will be honored in Toronto in March 2013 by the Toronto postal Union as he was the first black postman in Toronto amid much racial tension there back in the late 1800's. There will also be an event in April 2013 where he is being honored with a lane in Toronto being named after him. There are a few of us black Canadians that have stories and pictures of our ancestors past lives as slaves; their journeys thru the UGRR and settlement in various parts of Canada. My ancestors settled in the Toronto area.R.McDowell
