The book of "“Religious Democracy” unveiled

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - “Religious Democracy” is the title for a compilation of 16 articles on religious democracy compiled by Mohammad Baqer Khorramshad, Head of the Organization of Culture and Islamic Relations.Hujjat-ol-Islam Bahman Akbari, Head of the Center for Translation and Publication of Humanities and Islamic Teaching Works said,” Religious democracy is a phenomenon with more than 150 years of background.” and added that the phenomenon made its appearance after the victory of the Islamic Revolution of Iran.Chapters on democracy in Qur’an and Nahj al Balagha, historical background of religious democracy and interviews with the elites on the meaning of religious democracy are among the chapters in this book.Shaker Kasraee, a translator of the Arabic version of the book said the book is on the experience of the people on religious democracy in 1979, following the victory of Islamic Revolution in Iran.Ali Nasiri, a translator for the English version of “Religious Democracy” noted that religious democracy has been an inseparable part of the political culture of Islam, a theme which has always been challenged in Muslim world. /129