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The work frames how the United States can respond with a calibrated approach that discourages extremism and violence while avoiding the perception of opposition to Islam. It uses a spectrum-based way to identify compatible actors, outlines partner categories, and proposes a strategy to encourage development and democratization, with supporting cases and references.","Partners, Resources, and Strategies  \nCheryl Benard  \nSupported by the Smith Richardson Foundation R  \nNational Security Research Division  \nThe research described in this report was sponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nBenard, Cheryl, 1953-  \nCivil democratic Islam, partners, resources, and strategies / Cheryl Benard.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \n“MR-1716 .”  \nIncludes bibliographical references.  \nISBN 0-8330-3438-3 (pbk.)  \n1. Islam and civil society. 2. Islamic modernism. 3. Democracy—Religious aspects—Islam. 4. Islam—University. 5. Islam—21st century. I.Title.  \nBP173 .63 .B46 2003  \n320.5'5'0917671—dc21  \n2003012442  \nThe RAND Corporation is a nonprofit research organization providing objective analysis and effective solutions that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors around the world. RAND’s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.  \nR® is a registered trademark.  \nCover design by Eileen Delson La Russo  \n© Copyright 2003 RAND Corporation  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from RAND.  \nPublished 2003 by the RAND Corporation 1700 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202-5050  \n201 North Craig Street, Suite 202, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-1516 RAND URL: [http://www.rand.org/](http://www.rand.org/)[ ](http://www.rand.org/)To order RAND documents or to obtain additional information, contact Distribution Services: Telephone: (310) 451-7002; Fax: (310) 451-6915; Email: [order@rand.org](order@rand.org)  \n PREFACE  \nThe Islamic world is involved in a struggle to determine its own nature and values, with serious implications for the future. What role can the rest ofthe world, threatened and affected as it is by this struggle, play in bringing about a more peaceful and positive outcome?  \nDevising a judicious approach requires a finely grained understanding of the ongoing ideological struggle within Islam, to identify appropriate partners and set realistic goals and means to encourage its evolution in a positive way.  \nThe United States has three goals in regard to politicized Islam. First, it wants to prevent the spread of extremism and violence. Second, in doing so, it needs to avoid the impression that the United States is “opposed to Islam.” And third, in the longer run, it must find ways to help address the deeper economic, social, and political causes feeding Islamic radicalism and to encourage a move toward development and democratization.  \nThe debates and conflicts that mark the current Islamic world can make the picture seem confusing. It becomes easier to sort the actors if one thinks of them not as belonging to distinct categories but as falling along a spectrum. Their views on certain critical marker issues help to locate them correctly on this spectrum.  \nIt is then possible to see which part of the spectrum is generally compatible with our values, and which is fundamentally inimical. On this basis, this report identifies components of a specific strategy.  \nThis report should be of interest to scholars, policymakers, students, and all others interested in the Middle East, Islam, and political Islam.  \n CONTENTS  \nPreface .................................................. iii  \nTables ................................................... vii  \nSummary ................................................ ix  \nAcknowledgments .......................................... xiii  \nGlossary ................................................. xv  \nChapter One MAPPING THE ISSUES: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RANGE OF THOUGHT IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM ................... 1  \nThe Setting: Shared Problems, Different Answers ................ 3  \nPositions on Key Issues ......................","cbCaivJj9HfB2oBa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivJj9HfB2oBa","pdf",732572,3,1,88,"English","en",105,"# Preface\n# Summary\n# Acknowledgments\n# Glossary\n# Chapter One MAPPING THE ISSUES\n## The 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