Posted AT 4:33 AM EDT on 12/09/03
Can there be Islamic democracy?
Some in the West say Islam and democracy cannot co-exist. Some Muslims feel the same way. But people like Osama bin Laden don't offer alternate visions of governance; they're not interested in building states, but destroying them. Meanwhile, hundreds of years of Islamic culture say that democracy and Islam are compatible -- provided democracy is rooted in Islamic values.
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