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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (6000)	11/13/2003 10:03:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

He also took another laudable step in asserting that it should be clear to all that Islam "the faith of one-fifth of humanity is consistent with democratic rule." It all depends Chinu.. Because some forms of Islam are more compatible with democracy than others. In fact, being a heavily decentralized religion, with a personal responsibility for the believer to commune with God (similar to christianity), it is inherently democratic and not authoritarian. But certainly, muslims can fall susceptible to various extremist prayer leaders and scholars. But there are many muslim scholars who are very moderate and peace-loving as well.. But the bottom line is that the headline to that article could very well have applied to Christian Europe a mere 400-500 years ago.. Hawk

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (6000)	11/13/2003 11:03:15 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15987

This may be a stupid question, but which "half of all the Muslims in the world live in freedom under democratically constituted governments". Actually the writer said "more than half"... I just wonder what he defines as "living in freedom" means. re:"American-championed overthrow of the democratically-elected Mossadeq regime in Iran which brought back the discredited Shah." This statement is kind of correct...From what I read about Dr. (Mossadeq) Mossadegh, yes he was elected and in 1951 (I believe) became Prime Minister. But in 1952, he resigned his position. The Parliament then voted a Mr. Ghavam as the new premier. Bloody riots ensued, and Mr. Ghavam resigned, and Dr. Mossadegh was then appointed Prime Minsiter by the Shah. In August 1953 (just before the coup), he dissolved the Parliament (the result of a Plebicite - essentially - vote for the Parliament or me).