Islam and Democracy - A Catholic Perspective on Reform and Renewal

This lecture examines the work of Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss academic and

Islamic scholar who has been referred to as today’s “Muslim Martin Luther.”

From an interfaith perspective and drawing several parallels between Islamic

and Catholic encounters with modernity, Baum compares the debates in the

two traditions. He argues that reform and renewal are compatible with the

substance of both Catholic and Muslim traditions.