Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan

Abstract

As part of a broad program of research and analysis on the Middle East and Asia, on January 28, 2003, RAND called together a group of renowned experts with knowledge in the fields of Islamic law, constitution writing, and democracy, and with specific country and regional expertise. The task was to identify ways in which the constitution of Afghanistan could help put the country on the path to a strong, stable democracy characterized by good governance and rule of law, in which Islam, human rights, and Afghanistan's international obligations were respected. The group was to keep in mind the realities of Afghanistan's current situation and draw from the experiences of other countries, with the aim of identifying practical ideas, particularly about the treatment of Islam in the constitution. The following document offers ideas to those involved in the drafting of the new constitution for Afghanistan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA413891

Entities

People

  • Donald Horowitz
  • Jerrold Green
  • Khaled M. Abou El Fadi
  • Nathan Brown
  • Said Arjomand

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Communities
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Families (Human)
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Judiciary
  • Law
  • Political Science
  • Religion
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Societies
  • Supreme Court
  • Terrorists

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Educational Psychology
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.