Sachedina, Abdulaziz Abdulhussein. (2001) The Islamic Roots of Democratic Pluralism. Oxford University Press, p. [htt://archive.org/details/islamic_sac_2001_00_4172/e/96 96–97]. ISBN 978-0-19-513991-4. “The millet system in the Muslim world provided the pre-modern paradigm of a religiously pluralistic society by granting each religious community an official status and a substantial measure of self-government.”.
