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Old 03-09-2009, 01:53 PM
myrrh
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Re: No Democracy in China
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Originally Posted by Sean View Post
western-style democracy allowed us to go from the pre-civil rights era to actually having a black President in just a few short decades. Simply put, that would have been impossible under a rigid system of government like they have in China, or under Sharia law.
This idea is based on the claim that every other system is like the pre-civil rights era, which I don't know about Communism, but Sharia Law does not have plain racism and discrimination written into it. In fact, such ideas run completely contrary to Islaam itself, so to say that a system of government that is Islaam calls for would contain ideas that are against Islaam's core teachings is illogical.