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Re: Islam + Democracy = ?
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Originally posted by jay@af
Sorry for not doing the research myself, but...
Are there any "Islamic Democracies?" Are they feasable?
Since Musilms believe the Koran is Law, and is non-negotiable, wouldn't that be contrary to the fundamentals of democracy?
(does this go in the philosophy forum? :o)
edit: yup...
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On the issue of democracy, it may come as a shock to many to realize that already the majority of the worldıs Muslims live in democracies. These include Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia, which combine for almost 800 million people out of global total of 1.3 billion Muslims. Admittedly the quality and stability of democracy in many of these countries is frail and fragile. But in all of them the head of government was elected in a multi-candidate format with secret ballots and votes for women and minorities.
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http://www.pakistanlink.com/nayyer/01172003.html
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