ABSTRACT
The relationship between Islamic and Western democracies is one of the pressing issues of the day. The encounter of democratic values in Western law with the democratic values in Islamic Law has reached a critical moment as the contours of a new world order emerge. To make a way into what could be seen as barriers between Islamic and the Western democracies, the previous chapters have continually emphasised the importance to world peace of a better understanding and appreciation of Muslim contribution to the values and qualifications of democracy with regard to human thought, philosophy and law.
