%0 Journal Article %T Islamic and Western Political Thought: does History have any Lessons? %A Anthony Black %J Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences %D 2011 %I Khazar University %X Revealed religions may be interpreted in different ways. But their original texts influence people over the ages. The West was also greatly influenced by ancient Greece and Rome. Today, Muslims have mostly accepted democracy but not yet equal rights for unbelievers. This remains an area of dispute. %K Islamic and Western political thought %K Islam %K Religion %U http://jas-khazar.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/01anthony-black-xeyale-bitdi.pdf