Topic > Are political Islam and democracy compatible? - 2175

“Are political Islam and democracy compatible?” This question has worried both Muslims and non-Muslims living in the East and West for a long time now. Contemporary Islamic political thought has been profoundly influenced by attempts to reconcile Islam and democracy. Muslim thinkers engaging in political debates cannot ignore the significance of the democratic system as a prevalent theme of modern Western political thought. Therefore, it is necessary for any alternative political system, be it religious or secular, to explore its position regarding democratic governance. Indeed, over the last century an extensive literature and media publications have developed on this heated debate between democracy and Islam. While many argue that Islam has all the ingredients of a modern state and a democratic society, many others reject the phenomena “modernism” and “democracy” as a whole due to their “foreign nature” – alien to “Islamic values ”. For Islamists and modernists, the motivation for such an effort to embrace or reject democracy is often to remove suspicion about the nature and goals of Islamic movements and Islamic revivalism. But before delving into this discussion, it is necessary to understand the definition and origins of "democracy". Although it is originally a purely Western ideology, there is no consensus on the definition of "democracy" as a political system. The Oxford English Dictionary describes democracy as: “A system of government by the whole population or all eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives” (“democracy, n.”). In my article I will examine whether democracy and Sunni political Islam are compatible or not through the eyes of three revolutionary Suns... in the center of the paper... both establish the oneness of God and reflect the interests of people. Most of these are core democratic values. There is no prohibition for humanity, thinkers and their leaders to think about forms and other means, perhaps a new way that will lead to a better and ideal Islamic society, on par with the modern era. However, to simplify the matter and realize them in human reality, we see that we need to take some things from the ways of democracy to pursue justice, consultation, respect for human rights and oppose in advance the tyranny of arrogant rulers. Earth. Considering all this, we can say that, although the term “democracy” alludes to different interpretations, it is not that foreign to Islam; Islam does not reject democracy as a political structure and as a concept of freedom (except its concept of the sovereignty of one God.