http://www.weforum.org/ 25.01.2004
A Dialogue about Islam and Democracy
H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar
H.H. Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force
Samuel P. Huntington, Chairman, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies, USA
it is weird that this talk was on 25/01/2004 and on 25/01/2011 was the Egyptian Revolution.
mado9111 11 months ago
Who are you to eliminate religion, what kind of arrogance is this? Let's eliminate atheism....
Metsada007 2 years ago
Islams way - strength of evidences
Democracy - Strength of numbers...
wats better?
Mabvudza1 2 years ago
Israel and Japan as democracies? In retrospect, Samuel P. Huntington might have given us some complexities to think about. I cannot be happy enough to see genuine freedom take root in the Islamic world, but I can only wonder how far it will be able to spread.
cangeloc127 3 years ago
And here goes another simplistic remark. Did u know tht many Muslims dont even consider Islam a religion but an ideology or a way of life? So should we eliminate ideologies now? Does tht make sense? Everyone has his/her understanding/ideology. The main prob with Islam today is tht it promotes violence and does not allow people to chose their path once theyr in Islam. This needs to be stopped otherwise let the people decide wht they want.
jonnykzj 4 years ago
I find the essence of this discussion to be the root of the problem we're facing. Politics shouldn't have anything to do with religion. Religion is at the center of our conversations as of late, and I think it's important that people consider that a very simple way to solve the debate is to eliminate religion. We don't need it anymore as a people, and we shouldn't be afraid to say so.
MAUL0r1 4 years ago
I think we should focus more on creating "REPUBLICS" rather than democracies, per se. And America should hold its tongue in that its government inherently has become and oligarchy at its roots. Huntington did indeed have to watch what he said carefully in order to prevent himself from looking like a fool.
chuckNorrisaaaaa 4 years ago
very true...
shbabs 4 years ago
poor huntington he wasnt able to generalize like he does in his writings.. because of the people speaking up..
xoxo0092004 4 years ago