[CivilSoc] Islam, Democracy and Market Economy

[Center for Civil Society International]

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ISLAM, DEMOCRACY, AND MARKET ECONOMY: A DIALOGUE
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The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) cordially
invites you to Islam, Democracy and Market Economy: A Dialogue. It
will be held Wednesday, November 7, 2001 from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. at
the CIPE Washington Office located at 1155 15th Street, NW, Suite
700, Washington, DC.
For countries of the Middle East and others sharing Islamic cultural
values, progress in a newly globalized economy seems to demand both
democracy and a market economy.  Do the tenets of Islam provide
support for the basic components of a democratic society, and by
extension a market economy?  Or is Islam inherently incompatible with
these institutions?  For 15 years, the Center for International
Private Enterprise, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and
a principal participant in the National Endowment for Democracy, and
its worldwide partners have been struggling with these questions.
Ozdem Sanberk, director of the Istanbul-based Turkish Economic and
Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and former undersecretary at the
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be in Washington, DC on
November 7th from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) to
discuss why and how democracy and market economy are the paths to
development in the Islamic world.
CIPE has invited its partners from Asia, Central and Eastern
Europe/Eurasia and Africa to join the dialogue via an internet
conference.
Please contact Jorge Amselle, CIPE's Director of Public Affairs, via
email jamselle@cipe.org or fax at 202/721-9250 to RSVP by November 6,
2001 or for more information on the internet conference.
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Available in the CIPE Bookstore is Islam, Civil Society,
and Market Economy for only $9.95. For more information and
to order your copy, visit http://www.cipe.org/bookstore.
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