Google| Subject | Re:Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
| From | T.T. Arvind |
| Date | 2002-05-25 15:06 (2002-05-25 14:06) |
| Message-ID | <aco29h$noa$1@cpca7.uea.ac.uk> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | ?jevind L?ng |
?jevind L?ng <ojevind.lang@swipnet.se>did boldly declaim:
?jevind L?ngI have wondered often about this. As I'd remarked in another post, there was enthusiasm for Western-style democracy upto the 1920s, with even Salafis managing to find parallels in the Shari'a. There is an argument (popular amongst Islamic liberals) to the effect that colonialism at that time induced a strong conservative backlash from which the Arab world has not recovered.
I don't suppose that helped, but I still think the Arabic culture is an important factor here. In the past, Arabic countries have shown themselves remarkably immune to the siren song of Communism; the same seems to be true of the allure of democracy. Note that I write "Arabic", not "Islamic".
Cheers,
Meneldil
2002-03-30-
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