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Depends on how you define Muslim. eom
Priapus53 5922 reads
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1 / 28
The only Muslim Democracies are Turkey & Iraq

( regrettably, Iraq had Democracy "forced" upon it----:(         )

If I've omitted any Muslim democracies, please lemme know.

Q: why are there so few Muslim Democracies ?

willywonka4u 22 Reviews 1420 reads
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2 / 28
Re: The only Muslim Democracies are Turkey & Iraq

Iran used to be a democracy, that is until we overthrew it. Iraq used to be a western place, and Baghdad used to be the intellectual center of the Middle East. Sadly, things change for a lot of different reasons.

I'm sure Islam has had a serious detrimental effect on how many democracies there are in the Middle East, but their oil reserves have had a more negative effect in my estimation.

ipeesittingdown 33 Reviews 3290 reads
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3 / 28
Lebanon.


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mattradd 40 Reviews 1698 reads
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4 / 28
Pakistan! (eom)


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mattradd 40 Reviews 2084 reads
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5 / 28
Now you're sounding a lot like Glenn Beck!


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zisk 86 Reviews 1975 reads
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6 / 28
Depends how you define democracy

Mali and Algeria might qualify

Priapus53 1644 reads
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7 / 28
That's like saying all Republicans are bigoted, uneducated morons

& we all know that's not true, dont we ?

Kinda reminds me of an old joke : not all Republicans are bigots, but all bigots are Republicans--------:)

-- Modified on 2/3/2011 6:27:15 PM

O-Phuck_That 1463 reads
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8 / 28
Pakiston has a military led government, no democracy there....

...the closest democracy in middle east is Turkey...& is the best you can hope for in the middle eastf or a generation at least...not perfect, but secular.....

O-Phuck_That 1426 reads
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9 / 28
You tell us all knowing one...........


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mattradd 40 Reviews 3106 reads
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10 / 28
Why are there so few Muslim Democracies?

For the same reason Israel wouldn't have a democratically elected government if the Hasidic Jews, in that country, had power. Nor, would we, in this country, if one sect of fundamentalist Christian had power. They see the only legitimate form of government being a theocracy, where God rules, and his priests or ministers carry out his will for his people. It's not until the people of country can separate out church and state sufficiently that you can begin to have a democratically elected government.

pot/kettle 1826 reads
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11 / 28
If all bigots were Republicans . . . . . . .

then the city of Chicago would be the most Republican city in America.

Nope, there is a lot of bigotry in all parties, including your wonderful Democratic Party Mr. Priapus53.

anonymousfun 6 Reviews 1907 reads
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12 / 28
Pakistan is pseudo democracy

Has inept and corrupt civilian government. Military and the Mullah's dictate what the government can and cannot do. One of their assembly members Sherry Rehman was filing a bill to revise the blasphemy laws, mullah's threatened her life and the Prime Minister asked her to recall the bill.

Was on BBC this morning. We don't much about what is going on in any other country because our esteemed news organizations doesn't report. They are only report sensational things like Egypt where Hosni terrorized people for 30 years.

benlanger 1881 reads
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13 / 28
The only Muslim Democracies are Turkey & Iraq

You call Iraq a democracy?   Give it another 12 months and see.  


If I've omitted any Muslim democracies, please lemme know.

Q: why are there so few Muslim Democracies ?

Fair_Use 29 Reviews 994 reads
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14 / 28
All Democrats are Muslims.

Deep down inside all Democrats are secretly Muslim.  Some of them are in denial, but most accept their faith privately.  Very few ever publicly admit to their tendencies, but its there.  You can always tell.

Fair_Use 29 Reviews 1083 reads
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15 / 28
Depends on how you define Muslim. eom


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willywonka4u 22 Reviews 1300 reads
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16 / 28
The difference is that Germany, Japan, and Italy declared war on the USA (eom)


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BreakerMorant 1257 reads
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17 / 28
Democracy was also forced upon Japan, Germany, Italy

South Korea, the western half the United States, et al. Do you also "regret" that fact?

Priapus53 1406 reads
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18 / 28
WW, you can't reason with a "jingoistic tin soldier"-------EOM


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jerseyflyer 20 Reviews 1002 reads
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19 / 28
Re: That's like saying all Republicans are bigoted, uneducated morons

Really? I never knew that George Wallace and Lester Maddox, were republicans.

Priapus53 1900 reads
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20 / 28
But Jessie Helms, Strom Thurmond & Trent Lott were----EOM


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anonymousfun 6 Reviews 1252 reads
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21 / 28
Answer is rather simple

Democracy doesn't fit with Islamic beliefs. One tenet of a democracy is equal rights for everyone. Islam believes women are subservient to male, if you are not a muslim, you are not muslim then you are an infidel, you either convert to Islam or be killed. Most of all religion plays a humongous role in day-to-day life. Empowers rulers and religious mullah's and imams and some times both are the same.

How is democracy going to work in this belief system?

Posted By: benlanger
You call Iraq a democracy?   Give it another 12 months and see.  


If I've omitted any Muslim democracies, please lemme know.

Q: why are there so few Muslim Democracies ?

marikod 1 Reviews 2087 reads
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22 / 28
Don't leave out Great Britain's role. They were the ones

directly affected as a result of the nationalization of the  Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC). In an exercise of colonial economic terrorism at its worst, the British had negotiated a contract with the former Iranian monarchs that  effectively permitted the British to siphon all oil profits out of Iran, to treat Iranian workers as second-class citizens, and to refuse Iranians the opportunity to audit AIOC’s books.

    A book by Stephen Foster, All the Shah's Men, tells this story in very readable fashion.


jerseyflyer 20 Reviews 1593 reads
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23 / 28
Re: But Jessie Helms, Strom Thurmond & Trent Lott were----EOM

Be honest about it....the bigot rope swings both ways. Too bad the bigots aren't hanging from it.

Tusayan 1806 reads
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24 / 28
You've never heard of Indonesia?

..the largest Muslim nation in the world and certainly a democracy.

Posted By: Priapus53
( regrettably, Iraq had Democracy "forced" upon it----:(         )

If I've omitted any Muslim democracies, please lemme know.

Q: why are there so few Muslim Democracies ?

anonymousfun 6 Reviews 1066 reads
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25 / 28
Not as much it used to be.

May be getting it back.

BreakerMorant 1089 reads
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26 / 28
Ever heard of 9-11? (eom)


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BreakerMorant 890 reads
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27 / 28
Thank you for making my day. No greater exists than

to be called a soldier. Thank you.

charlie445 3 Reviews 1165 reads
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28 / 28
two of these dudes were once democrats.

All of south was democrat territory till the early fifties. Then the civil rights movement caused party affiliations to change. All of the racists ended up in the republican party. US politicians are lackeys for the capitalist class. They are all cut fron the same cloth.

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