According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background.
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Several experts on the Middle East concur that the Middle East cannot be democratized.Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable.
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In other words, the bar should be maintained at the level of a pluralistic and participatory democracy.
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The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.
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Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.
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As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.
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