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U.S. Can Do More To Foster Democracy In Islamic World.(A)(NATIONAL ISSUE)
Byline: PETER BENESH
This is not a trick question. What does America have in common with militant Islamic political parties?
Answer: a belief in the power of the ballot box.
Militant Muslims may deride U.S. democracy as the indulgence of infidels, but Islamist political parties embrace their electoral power.
Recent elections in Pakistan, Turkey, Bahrain and Morocco saw Islamist parties increase their standing. In Morocco, threefold. In Pakistan, tenfold.
Turkey, NATO's key ally bridging Europe and the Middle East, voted overwhelmingly for an Islamist government.
Sound like trouble? Quite the contrary, says Akbar Ahmed, Islamic Studies professor at American University in Washington, D.C.
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