how can they be a muslim country and still be a democratic. Is this an oxymoron?
2007-03-16 09:10:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not there, it isn't!
Did you forget Pakistan and Malaysia?
Cheers!
ST
2007-03-16 09:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by In Memory of Simon Templar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Historical, cultural, economic, and political factors--and not Islam as a religion--explain why democracy has failed to take root in many Muslim countries, especially in the Arab world. Recent Pew Global Attitudes surveys show that majorities in the Arab world favor democracy as a form of government.
In fact, there are several Muslim nations which are democracies: Turkey, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Mali, and Senegal. Other countries, such as Malaysia, Nigeria, and Iran, are nominally democratic, but to a greater or lesser extent lack many of the attributes of fully functioning democracies, such as protections for civil liberties and legitimate opposition parties.
2007-03-16 09:27:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that's not an oxymoron. this could be a extra Asian variety of Islam, in assessment to midsection jap, or South American, and so on variety of Islam. Islam and Democracy can paintings in some circumstances, it only would take generations for it to paintings. a chum of mine from Turkey informed me that Islam skill "to place up", and that for many practitioners of that faith having a voice interior the government is illogical. For them, it fairly is their activity to place as much as Allah, and to the government and different government. yet this no longer the case for all Muslims, he stated. For Turkey has been democratic using fact the '20s. the adaptation is time. using fact the generations journey democrary, it does paintings. It only takes time. He then defined how logically all Muslim countries could be democratic, yet i actually do no longer remember each and all the communique, different than his analyzing of the Koran supported democracy. there'll continuously be some that are against democracy, yet we've human beings like that interior the US. they only are not quite so violent.
2016-10-01 00:53:50 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is bangladesh a little muslim country ! there r about 150 million people in bangladesh. no, i don`t agree with u.
2007-03-18 10:44:30 · answer #4 · answered by Difi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not an oxymoron. a country can be mainly muslim and not have a terrorist organization.
2007-03-16 09:15:31 · answer #5 · answered by Ambiguity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muslims can still vote.
2007-03-16 09:12:56 · answer #6 · answered by Foxalot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
muslim and theocracy isn't the same thing.
And no, its not a oxymoron..
2007-03-16 09:13:07 · answer #7 · answered by yukidomari 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look up the definition of democracy, they are not. they woudl be like calling pakistan a democracy.
2007-03-16 09:13:18 · answer #8 · answered by Matt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have the Brittish empire to thank for that.
2007-03-16 09:13:14 · answer #9 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shouldn't you be praising the country instead of insulting it???
way to go for propagating the stereotype that americans are stupid dumba@#.
2007-03-16 09:27:17 · answer #10 · answered by huda 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋