Re: Modern Democracy and Islam
Democracy and Islam are not incompatible.
In a democratic government the legitimacy of the ruler is based on consent of the ruled. Laws are made by a process of consultation among representatives of the people. Both these features are supported by Islam.
A tyrant who rules against people's wishes and makes laws on his own cannot be considered Islamic, even if he claims to implement Islamic law.
A common confusion is to say that in Islamic system God's law prevails but in democratic country people make up their own law. This is not correct. God's law needs to be interpreted and implemented. The correct Islamic way would be to do this democratically. In an Islamic , democratic country, people , through the democratic process , and not a clerical class, will interpret and implement God's law.