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Islam and Democracy: The Impossible Union
The Sunday Times [UK] ^
| May 23, 2004
| Amir Taheri
Posted on 05/23/2004 8:29:20 PM PDT by quidnunc
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To: quidnunc
There was no word in any of the Muslim languages for democracy until the 1890s. Even then the Greek word entered Muslim vocabulary with little change: democrasi in Persian, dimokraytiyah in Arabic, demokratio in Turkish. All right, class; who can point out the problem with this argument? Don't all raise your hands at once....
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posted on
05/24/2004 10:52:02 AM PDT
by
steve-b
To: a_Turk; Turk2; superflu
Sayin arkadaslarim, This looks like a good opportunity to use this thread to extrapolate on the construction of the Turkish Republic, and the theoretical and practical applications of Kemalism varmis.
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posted on
05/24/2004 11:32:38 PM PDT
by
Mortimer Snavely
(Comitas, Firmitas, Gravitas, Humanitas, Industria)
To: steve-b
>> demokratio in Turkish
That would be wrong. It's spelled demokrasi in Turkish.
When did the greek word enter the english language?
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posted on
05/25/2004 4:18:36 AM PDT
by
a_Turk
(Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice..)
To: quidnunc
In addition to equality, Democracy also implies that the people's representatives are empowered to make laws by which the country will be governed - this is not acceptable in Islam as only Allah's laws are valid - man is NOT empowered to make his own laws.
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posted on
06/07/2004 5:30:31 AM PDT
by
bilrak
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