DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM DON’T MIX!
True Democracy Cannot Exist without Separation of Church and State!
January 16, 2008
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
I believe in a true Theocracy administered by the only true God, but while I wait for it, the democracy we have in this country is fine. It is fine, in my opinion, because it has separation of church and state, which is something that does not exist in the Islamic religion. Islam cannot produce the fruit of freedom, as in the Biblical parable of the sower.
The clerics of Islam do allow their c itizens to provide water for the seed of democracy, and
it w
ithers away. Lebanon and Iraq received it at first with joy, but democracy is now withering away in both countries.
Luke 8:5,6 – A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. [6] And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
Luke 8:13 – They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
Begin Article from The Times
Democracy: fragile seeds that fall on stony ground
January 14, 2008
Richard Beeston, Foreign Editor
Halfway through his eight-nation tour of the Arab world, President Bush delivered yesterday what his hosts had long expected: a call for democracy to flower in the arid political climate of the Middle East.
Three years ago, when he made the drive for democracy in the region the central pillar of US foreign policy for his second term in office, the impact caused political shockwaves among friends and foes in a part of the world where rulers and dictators have long resisted change.
Yesterday the Bush message was far less strident, in large part because the experiment is widely regarded to have failed and the Administration is seen as too weak to apply any meaningful pressure in its dying months in office.
Egypt, the largest and most influential Arab state, was supposed to have been the test bed for America’s experiment. The pressure on the regime of Hosni Mubarak forced the country to loosen restrictions on political opponents and hold multicandidate presidential elections.
The Cairo spring was short-lived.
Mr Mubarak won a fifth term, his chief rival for the presidency languishes in jail, the main Islamist opposition is banned and the authorities have once again stifled political debate.
Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy ruled by King Abdullah, never even pretended to buy into the American experiment. It has introduced modest democratic reforms, but change is so sluggish that there is no threat to the existing political establishment, a partnership between the House of Saud and the clergy. One place that Mr Bush wanted to visit was Lebanon. Unique among nations in the region, its street protests in 2005 led to the removal of Syrian troops and the election of a pro-Western government.
However, the dreams of the “Cedar Revolution”, as it was known, have all but evaporated. The country’s infrastructure was devastated during the 2006 war with Israel, which America and Britain supported.
The Government has since been unable to function properly because of blocking tactics from the pro-Syrian opposition and assassinations of key figures, for which Syria is widely blamed.
Democracy has also caused as many problems as it was supposed to solve. The election victory of Hamas, which won Palestinian parliamentary polls in 2006, has divided Palestinians and complicated peace efforts.
Even Iraq, a country that has had more elections and referendums than most Western democracies, still has little to show for it. Until violence is h alted
and real reconciliation can begin between rival sects and ethnic groups, democracy will remain a slogan.
If there is any modest achievement in the region, it lies in the Gulf, where countries such as Kuwait and Bahrain have held multiparty elections and encouraged women to take part.
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