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ajiss-3421	Perry, Glenn E.	Popular Sovereignty, Islam, and Democracy (2003)*	2024.0	17	.pdf	application/pdf	6510	213	50	The argument that divine sovereignty and popular sovereignty are opposite principles thus becomes the basis for arguing that Islam and democracy are fundamentally at odds, even if the analysis of this topic remains undeveloped.14 106  A M E R I C A N J O U R Thus the key to democracy is effec- tive popular control within various limits (e.g., the existence of certain immutable divine rules), not the abstruse doctrine of popular sovereignty (a form of absolutism), which indeed clashes with the Islamic notion of divine sovereignty, just as any form of human sovereignty, including the “popular” variety, today is increasingly coming to be viewed as a dangerous “ghost” that needs to be exorcised.32 P E R R Y: P O P	cache/ajiss-3421.pdf	txt/ajiss-3421.txt