Is Islam incompatible with democracy? The flow of publications addressing this question has been remarkable over the years. Recently, Anwar Ibrahim, leader of the Opposition in the Malaysian parliament and Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, gave a lecture on governance, democracy and contemporary politics in Southeast Asia at the Goldman School of Public Policy. This lecture provides some basic arguments to support the premise that indeed Islam is compatible with democracy. I think his arguments are very general representing a moderate voice of Muslim politicians. The example of Islam and the Indonesian model of democracy seems to be oversimplified. However, given the fact that Mr Ibrahim has fought all his life for freedom and democracy, without any doubt this lecture is very inspiring.
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Romo Gaby(begitu kabarnya Anda biasa dipanggil). Saya Condra Antoni, bekerja dan tinggal di Batam. Saya begitu terkesima dengan cara pandang Romo tentang ide2 perdamaian antar dua peradaban besar yang berlumut dalam pertikaian. Semoga suatu waktu saya bisa bercengkerama lebih jauh dengan Romo. Terima kasih
Condra
Hi Condra, terima kasih untuk comment. Sempat kubaca juga beberapa postingmu. Salam
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