From Christian Democracy to Muslim Democracy?
Can Muslim political parties follow the democratizing path forged by European Christian Democracy? Although skeptics say no, because Islam lacks any analog to the centralized, hierarchical Catholic Church, the success of Christian Democracy in fact owes far more to political entrepreneurs and liberalizing Catholic intellectuals.
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BUDAPEST – This summer, Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) narrowly escaped being banned by the country’s constitutional court. State prosecutors alleged that the party was trying to “Islamicize” the country and ultimately introduce theocracy. Not only did AKP supporters celebrate after the decision, but those in the West who view it as a prototype “Muslim Democratic” party also breathed a sigh of relief.