Cracks in democracy

Submitted by Arvind Madhavan (India), May 7, 2005 at 03:32

A fundamental aspect of any islamic society, no matter how liberal or modern or even secular is the quiet arrogance of the people and the govt's belief in Islam, a latent strain of religious supremacy. Once the AKP gets hold of the people's support, then the ball would start rolling downhill i.e Turkey's descent into a theocratic state. Issues such as Iraq war are just excuses for the AKP to begin the metamorphosis of Turkey. After all Islamists anywhere never fail to aspire for power whereever they are. It took Ataturk just 15 years to transform Turkey, it could take Turkey just five to become an islamic state again. The problem is that muslim societies are very vulnerable to mass brainwashing.

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