How
successful will the combination between Islam and Democracy be?
‘Arab Spring’ has been quite a change following
the death of Muammar Gaddafi, the former Libyan leader. Arab Civil War hit hard
the entire the Middle East. Although it isn’t fast as the fall of the Berlin
Wall and democratization of the countries on the Eastern Europe, Arab civil
revolution has been a motive power of construction of new system of the Middle
East.
Tunisia,
Egypt and Libya show signs of new democratization by the success of civil
revolution. I don’t know how the civil revolutionary upheaval will result in
but it definitely seems that this revolution will be recorded in world history as
well as Middle East history
In
particular, Arab civil war has significant meaning in the respects that the
dictators who had ruled with an iron fist were disappeared in the mists of
history all at once. International community takes a growing interest in
observing how new system and public order of the Middle East will be
constructed after Arab civil revolutionary outbreak.
I think
that Tunisia is the first country to change toward democratization among the
countries that civil revolution was successful in. Tunisian general election
was held like a festival of citizens in October, 13, 2011. Every single person exerts
sovereign authority because free election was held for the first time.
Meanwhile, many people show a special interest in every move of Libya in the
future. Some people say that Libya might be an Islamic country in the near
future. Islam might be the nucleus in the Middle East countries because of
structure of a complicated region and tribal society.
It has
been reported that it is possible for Islamic extremist group to get a power
under the cover of a temporary vacuum of public security. In reality, a few radical
Islamic groups have been existed in Libya.
I
think, however, that the women’s rights will be violated and the citizens of
the Middle East will have difficulty in adopting democracy if Islamism is
overemphasized. It seems that conflicts are inevitable about Islamism and human
rights and the democratic system. When looking into the Middle East regions, I
can find that Islam collides with the change that modern society is demanding
by occupying lots of part of politics and living of citizens.
We need
to have enough time to look whether combination between Islam and democracy will
be successful or not.
-Hye Jin Jung
I read your posting well.
ReplyDeleteArab was democratize by the people. Actually, I could not imagine Arab democracy. Their political system looked like a impregnable fortress because of long dictatorship and reactionary customs. Therefore, we might remember that Arab Spring was a historical event in 21 century. However, many political problems still remain in Arab. As you said, women’s right is the most important problem. Too many women has died every year due to irrational customs in Arab. I know Arabs overcame their dictatorship, but I cannot say that they gain genuine democracy. Arabs get only formal democracy. The road to democracy is never smooth.