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And don't even get me started on the closed circle of theocratic power.
The U.S. is a bastion of liberal pluralism, what system would you prefer? And which corporate powers would you be referring to exactly? Do you know what an anti-trust law is?
Agent Ferris said:You can be religious and not have a theocratic dictatorship. And if the Iranian people really want a system of governance in which all national candidates must be pre-approved by the Guardian Council, where half of the Guardian Council is selected directly by the Supreme Leader and the other half are selected by the Majilis (who again are pre-screened by the Guardian Council) out of a list of jurists who are selected by the head of the Judiciary who is selected directly by the Supreme Leader, and where the Assembly of Experts who choose the Supreme Leader are chosen amongst a pre-screened list vetted by the Guardian Council, and an expediency council which solves disputes between the pre-screened Majilis and the directly and indirectly selected Guardian Council is selected directly by the Supreme Leader, then fine let them vote for it in a free and fair election monitored by international observers.
If you're a reformist who doesn't support ending this closed system of power in which the Supreme Leader rules... well Supreme then I don't see how you can be labeled a reformist.
This is very true. I hope all liberals will remember this when referring to Iraq.No moreso than any other religion.
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, Mali, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia...these countries ALL have democracies, or had democracies at some point in the last 100 years. Not many of their democracies look like American democracy...but that's to be expected, as their culture is very different.
According to Samuel Huntington, Islam is incompatible with religion because
- there is no separation with church & state in these countries
- democracy is not present in their culture
- the Koran itself is contrary to democracy
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Do you think he's right or wrong? Why?
"Maulana Mohammad, the Pakistan government says, told followers in the town of Mingora that there 'is no room for democracy in Islam.' He demanded that the entire nation be placed under the Shariah law."
"During a sermon to worshippers at the Masjid al-Qudsia in Lahore’s Chowburji area, reported by the Jamaat-ud-Dawa website on October 14, 2007, Saeed asserted that 'current political systems, especially democracy, are against Islam.'”
“'We hate democracy,' the pro-Taliban cleric said in February 2009, soon after the Government of Pakistan signed a peace deal that imposed Shariah across north-west Pakistan. 'We want the occupation of Islam in the entire world. Islam does not permit democracy or election.'"