Islamic Civilization And Democratization Of Iraq,

Democratization of postwar iraq is one of the important issues that people debate intensely . Can iraq succeed in democratization ? What pattern will democratization of Iraq choose ? I will discuss this issue in four parts.In the first part, I will comment on the views of Huntington and neoconservative and release my view that Iraq will practice Islamic democracy. There are two opposite views about the relation of islamic civilization and democracy in academia. It is valuable to analyse the relation of two in different perspectives, but the limitation is also evident. I believe that islamic civilization is compatible with democracy, but the democratizition in islamic world will show islamic characteristics. Islamic democracy will be a new pattern of democratic development in islamic world.In the second part, I will analyse the compatibility between islamic civilization and democracy. The followings are the reasons : there are democratic elements in islamic civilization ; there are successful cases of democratic development in islamic world. The nations of islamic civilization can achieve democratization.In the third part, I will analyse the islamic characteristics of islamic democracy. With the influence of Islamic elements, the development of democracy shows many evident characteristics of islam in islamic world, such as the Islamic characteristics of constitution of Islamic civilization nations, the active participation of islamic partys and groups, the islamic characteristics of democratic consultation, and the islamic characteristics of electoral constitute.In the fourth part, I will define the connotation of islamic democracy and analyse the practice of islamic democracy in the process of Iraqi...