"But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled."

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Politician

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"But foremost, I do not subscribe to the view that Islamic culture and democracy cannot be reconciled."

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"I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current."

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"However, democracy cannot be defined as the existence of parliaments and elections alone."

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"A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well as on the region and the international community."

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"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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"It is essential that policy instruments be developed that would firmly establish democratization on the basis of social consensus and enable transformation on stable grounds."

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"I regard the endorsement of both the objective and a method - which can differ from one country to another- of democratization by the parties in the region as a basic requisite of democratization in the Middle East."

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"A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the fashion with which democratization is presented and the purposes of the democratic world."

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"There exists an unmistakable demand in the Middle East and in the wider Muslim world for democratization."

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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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"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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