Abstract
The word 'Islamic Republic' is debatable among scholars as what meaning and role the word
'Islam' adds to the republic is still not agreed upon. Therefore, there is a need for resolving this
ambiguity by explicitly defining and explaining the meaning and role of Islam in an Islamic
Republic. Pakistan, too, is an Islamic Republic, which got the name 'Islamic Republic of
Pakistan' for the first time in the constitution of 1956. This study intends to comprehend the
mentioned issue by highlighting the similarities and differences between democracy and Islamic
system of governance. In this qualitative study, iterative analysis of semi-structured interviews of
ten doctorate scholars is carried out. The study comes across primary contradictions between the
two systems and gives a way out for a system having characteristics of both Islam and
democracy.
Khalid Manzoor Butt, Naeema Siddiqui. (2018) Compatibility between Islam and Democracy, South Asian Studies, Volume 33, Issue 2.
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