Reg
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There aren't any democracies in the Arab world period, secular or otherwise. Lebanon and Iraq have the contours of democracy, but even there the people don't truly have much say in who leads them. Hopefully that will soon change with Tunisia, Egypt, and possibly Jordan holding free and fair elections...but whether the government that emerges is secular or Islamist shouldn't really be our main concern. It's far more important that the government that emerges is stable, committed to democracy, at peace internally and with its neighbors, and is able to get its economy back on track.
So Islamists have sabotaged every other attempt at democracy, but will let this one work?
Shazam.