Islamic Democracy
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Islamic Democracy is an oxymoron.
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Fundamentalist Islamic Democracy is an oxymoron.
There are traditionalists and progressives in any religious movement. Once a religious movement can distinguish between the internal reality and the external form of a spiritual tenet, they can exist peacably in a secular democracy. -sm |
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Uh...no Islamic countries besides Turkey are democracies, huh? CIA would have something to say about that. Here are the member states of the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference) and their World Factbook gov't type. Obviously, many don't necessarily practice democracy as perfectly as it should be, but go to Freedom House for more complete info on that.
Afghanistan - transitional Albania, Republic of - emerging democracy Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of - republic Azerbaijan, Republic of - republic Bahrain, State of - constitutional hereditary monarchy Bangladesh, People's Republic of - parliamentary democracy Benin, Republic of -republic Brunei Dar-us-Salaam, Sultanate of - constitutional sultanate Burkina Faso - parliamentary republic Cameroon, Republic of - unitary republic (WTF?) Chad, Republic of - republic Comoros, Federal Islamic Republic of the - independent republic Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of - republic Djibouti, Republic of - republic Egypt, Arab Republic of - republic Gabon, Republic of - republic Gambia, Republic of the - republic Guinea, Republic of - republic Guinea-Bissau, Republic of - republic Guyana, Republic of - republic Indonesia, Republic of - republic Iran, Islamic Republic of - theocratic republic Iraq, Republic of - transitional Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of - constitutional monarchy Kazakhstan, Republic of - republic Kuwait, State of - nominal constitutional monarchy Kyrghyzistan, Republic of - republic Lebanon, Republic of - republic Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - military dictatorship Malaysia - constitutional monarchy Maldives, Republic of - republic Mali, Republic of - republic Mauritania, Islamic Republic of - republic Morocco, Kingdom of - constitutional monarchy Mozambique, Republic of - republic Niger, Republic of - republic Nigeria, Federal Republic of - republic Oman, Sultanate of - monarchy Pakistan, Islamic Republic of - federal republic Palestine, State of - not listed Qatar, State of - traditional monarchy Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of - monarchy Senegal, Republic of - republic Sierra Leone, Republic of - constitutional democracy Somalia, Democratic Republic of - no government Sudan, Republic of the - authoritarian regime Surinam, Republic of the - constitutional democracy Syrian Arab Republic - republic under military regime Tajikistan, Republic of - republic Togo, Republic of - republic Tunisia, Republic of - republic Turkey, Republic of - republican parliamentary democracy Turkmenistan, Republic of - republic Uganda, Republic of - republic United Arab Emirates, State of - federation Uzbekistan, Republic of - republic w/authoritarian presidential rule Yemen, Republic of - republic The ones that particularly stand out in my memory as among the more democratic are Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Yemen, and, until recently, Iran. Just food for thought for the discussion. |
fascinating. Thanks for that hermit. I honestly had no idea how many of the Islamic countries had some kind of republican/democratic basis to their state.
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Sorry, hermit...myopia on my part...was only thinking of the Middle East.
Interesting, though...several of those countries are not even predominantly Muslim (Suriname, Benin, Mozambique). |
Somalia should be classified as a pure capatilist state - user pays - including police. Maybe Radar should move there =)
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In the modern era, the evangelical movement recognizes that there is an internal principle of the "Kingdom of God", and shedding the external form that caused so much pain and suffering in the world. Islam needs to undergo this same transformation with sheria, jihad, and the concept of the pan-islamic state. -sm |
In other words, they should be willing to practice their religion without forcing others to do so.
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