CDA Says Islam Can Promote Democracy

[Said1]

Hmmmm. I don't know. Islam is certainly compatible with dictatorships, inequality, violence against women and children etc, ect..



CDA Says Islam Can Promote Democracy


CDA Says Islam Can Promote Democracy

THE HAGUE, 08/11/08 - The Christian democrats (CDA) conclude in a study that Islam can be a source for fostering democracy. The sharia, or Koran-inspired law, can play a role in this process, the study compiled by Arie Oostlander finds.

Oostlander strongly opposes what is known as the secularisation premise, which claims that democratic development benefits from reduced religious involvement. "I take a strong stand against the idea that Islam is incompatible with democracy. This premise plays into the hands of extremist groups. Islam can provide a basis for promoting the democratic constitutional state," Christian newspaper Nederlands Dagblad quoted him as saying.

Oostlander was director of the scientific bureau of the CDA between 1975 and 1989. Jan Peter Balkenende, the present CDA leader and Prime Minister, once called him his 'spiritual father'.
http://www.nisnews.nl/public/081108_1.htm

[5stringJeff]

Obviously, Msulims don't see Islam as being compatible with democracy, or we'd see Islamic democracies. Instead, we see Islamic theocracies and Islamic dictatorships.