Where are the Islamists?

Project Syndicate by Ian Buruma | Feb. 6, 2011 (Opinion)

For those who advocate the spread of democracy in the world, this has posed an awkward dilemma. Islam, many say, is a threat to democracy. The West is said to be “at war with Islam,” to quote the Somali-born activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. But does that mean that should we give up on democracy if Islamist parties have a chance of winning elections? Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Religion
Topics: Europe, Egypt, Foreign Policy, Islam
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Feb 6, 2011 - 10:13 AM PST
Reviewed by: Kaizar Campwala (review), Sirajul Islam (review)
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Feb. 6, 2011

One of the more articulate opinions I've read about the Islamist-democracy dilemma.

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 by Sirajul Islam - Feb. 6, 2011

This opinion piece has some good points. Professor Ian Buruma who is a democracy and human rights scholar said justly that 'there are good reasons to be worried about this, less because the Islamists are undemocratic than because of their illiberal tendencies.' A free-election can prove this hypothesis but no one knows that is ever possible in Egypt, a country too sensitive for this experiment.

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