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Old 08-12-2010, 01:25 PM   #32
ZenDers

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That depends on whether one uses the narrow or the broad definition of the word. The broad one integrates a number of concepts outside of the narrow meaning of voter participation such as basic human rights, gender equality and so on. If one looks at the map here you will notice that there are only a handful of countries in the world that are democratic in the broad sense but nevertheless support the death penalty. None of these are Arabic though.
It doesn't really depend on anything. Democracy is basically rule of the majority. If the majority want to kill someone for leaving Islam then you have a Democratic government that is for doing that very thing. Democracy does not preclude this.
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