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Can Islam and Liberalism Coexist?

Zealots at the Gate

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What Kind of Resources Does Islam Offer Muslims for the Generosity of Spirit That Democracy Requires?

The Quran provides some important insights into how to talk to people who are profoundly wrong from your perspective, but they are your brethren and in humanity. So this is important because I think one of the problems that you have with liberal toleration is that it can become licentious. Tolerance implies that you're accepting something despite a defect in it; if there's no such thing as true or false, then toleration is meaningless," he says.

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