This article examines the ideas of three contemporary Muslim reformists, namely Abdolkarim Soroush, Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, and Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari, concerning the relationship between democracy and the Islamic principle of shura (consultation). The article aims to demonstrate how the theological-philosophical approaches of these scholars—particularly with respect to their methods of interpreting the Qurʾan and the distinctions they draw between the pre-modern and modern worldview—have contributed to the rise of a political discourse which seeks to understand concepts such as shura and democracy within their own specific epistemological and cultural contexts. This political discourse, as the article argues, supports democracy without any narrow religious justification and promotes a form of government whose legitimacy is not based on religious sources or authority, and thus is neutral towards different religions and their followers.

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穆斯林改革派学者关于独立于宗教理由的民主论点

本文考察了三位当代穆斯林改革者，即 Abdolkarim Soroush、Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd 和 Muhammad Mujtahed Shabestari 关于民主与伊斯兰修罗原则（协商）之间关系的观点。这篇文章旨在展示这些学者的神学哲学方法——特别是关于他们解释古兰经的方法以及他们在前现代和现代世界观之间做出的区分——如何促成了一种寻求政治话语的政治话语的兴起。在他们自己特定的认识论和文化背景下理解诸如舒拉和民主之类的概念。正如文章所言，这种政治话语