March 22, 2007
Mauritania: Islamic "Model" for Democracy
Publius Pundit reports on an Islamic country which seems to fast be heading towards democracy and which, he claims, could serve as a model for other Muslim majority countries. Seems like very good news.
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Of course, there's this one little caveat:
This isn't to say that Mauritania is a shining bright spot on the world. It's one of the only places in the world where slavery is still practiced to a large degree; racial [sic--"racism"???] has historically been extreme. Economic and cultural liberalization have been slow to take hold and in most cases outright suppressed since independence.Hopefully he's right that the new democratic movement will lead to liberalism. Personally, I'm more of a fan of liberty than I am of democracy, but rarely do we find one without the other. I'll keep my fingers crossed, but I can only hold my breath for so long.
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Posted by: Randman at March 22, 2007 11:28 AM (Sal3J)
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Just another dimbass muslim country would will join the rest to the islamic pricks in the end. Another example of why American Blacks that continue to join islam are the most backward people in the world. No hope for them.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 22, 2007 12:23 PM (jNRRK)
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I think educated people who join Islam are doing it so they can legitimize looking down at someone. USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 22, 2007 12:48 PM (2OHpj)
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Naw! They're jealous of who they must look up to. There is far more race in the Muslim thing than academia and the brain washed will admit. How many Western Whites, Asians or Latins do you see surrying to the filthy banner of Islam? Islam is based on hatred. Those with a lot of hatred are the ones joining. Lets face it. One would have to be full of hate to join the filthy, backward, barbarians now in control of Islam. Hate who? The white man of course. Blacks in America and the west don't join Pisslam for any other reason except to further their hatred of Whitey fueled by an inferiority complex of their own making. Half the blacks dressed in white sheets, preaching hatred in England are from America. Dumbassed can't think of an original thing. The KKK invented wearing sheets now they copy them. Ha, ha. Bunch of KKK wannabes. If it wasn't so stupid it would be hysterical.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 22, 2007 02:07 PM (jNRRK)
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Thanks for pointing out the typo. Duly corrected!
Similar concerns have been brought up in my comments thread. But was America not considered a democracy in 1860? I discuss this in more depth back in my comments, but the point is that with the right political and civil involvement, democracy can be a means to hammer out what society actually is so that liberalization can eventually occur.
And, as one commenter pointed out, it might actually be beneficial that the majority of the country isn't Arab...
Similar concerns have been brought up in my comments thread. But was America not considered a democracy in 1860? I discuss this in more depth back in my comments, but the point is that with the right political and civil involvement, democracy can be a means to hammer out what society actually is so that liberalization can eventually occur.
And, as one commenter pointed out, it might actually be beneficial that the majority of the country isn't Arab...
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