ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines some challenges that arise out of liberal theory for Muslim contexts and discusses how these challenges may be addressed generally and within the framework of justice as discourse. It proposes an institutional model building from justice as discourse that is appropriate for a Muslim majority state, and envisages how these principles may be applied practically. The idea of liberal neutrality does not, thus, seem to be an insurmountable problem for Muslim contexts. The second and related issue is secularity. The third major challenge arises from decision-making through a democratic form of government. Democracy and liberal theory run together in part because of liberal neutrality and in part because of the liberal embrace of diversity. Democracy links to liberal theory because it vests sovereignty in the people rather than in any other source of authority and, thus, does not ground itself on pre-determined or defined set of values.
