Hidayat, Aat2019-09-252019-09-252016-06-192015-08http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/153928This article examines the normative foundations of democracy in the Qur’an and also tries to compare between syura and democracy in the definitive level. This study departs from the debate among Muslim intellectual circles about the relationship between Islam and democracy. This debate resulted three views, namely: first, the relationship of symbiotic mutualism, that is the relationship between Islam and democracy are interdependent and complementary; second, antagonistic relationship, that Islam is incompatible with democracy coming from the Western world; Third, the relationship-critical reactive or reciprocal-critical, that is accepting the relationship between Islam and democracy, while providing a critical note. In this view, Islam has ethical values underlying democracy, as embodied in the principle of al-’adalah (justice), al-musawah (equation), and ash-syura (deliberation). In the Qur’an, there are verses that can be used as the basis of normative for the three basic principles of democracy. Thus, democracy is not at all contrary to the Qur’an. Precisely, Qur’an gives moral foundation in building a democratic system.indWith permission of the license/copyright holderTafsirDemocracySyuraPolitical ethicsEthics of lawRights based legal ethicsReligious ethicsSpirituality and ethicsMethods of ethicsPhilosophical ethicsJournal volume