Slow down boss. Turkey, Bosnia, Albania, Kosova? Or are those too white and thus not "Muslim"? And Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea are far from 'liberal democracies'. Who you kidding here. They still have strong undertones of authoritarian impulses.
It's actually Malaysian. They use Roman script.
Ok, "barring Middle east, Central Asia and Pakistan for some periods", I thought there was a short name for this. And apart from Singapore those two are liberal democracies to reasonable extent.
Nope. Democracies yes. Liberal not. If your definition as as is understood in Western Europe. However they are evolving and will reach that point. So will China at some point. Democracy is a work in progress. Pakistan is also a democracy. Unfortunately. Not liberal. But still a democracy. Nawaz, Zaradari, Benezir etc were inflicted on Pakistan via the ballot box.
You missed most of the world out.
Gambling is not allowed in Islam [puts on his judgemental, pretentious pious hat on] and is haram.
Just kidding. As a secular Muslim I have to say the Islamic prohibition of drink, gambling etc are great examples to rest of the world of the positives of Islam.
China was in question, so example were to be others. Half of Africa is Muslim itself. Latin America has grown democracies too, at least compared to "Muslim world". So, my remark was approximately true.
Is the Christian half any better then the Muslim half in terms of democracy? Nope. Religion is poor predictor of democratic credentials. Latin America has had until very recently some of the worst dicatorships imaginable with profound abuses of human rights etc
You do understand democracy in India or Pakistan is not indigenous. The seeds were planted by our colonial masters? Would you have preferred if the British had also conquerd China and planted the sapling of Westminister style democracy in Beijing along with Lutyens designed Parliamant building?
Tell that to the CCP. What is that copy/paste Soviet style everything then.
If China copies and pastes then we'll end up like USSR. Our merit based leadership selection system and Gaokao ,universal examination system for all students and civil servants, have been around for 2000 years already , which are still the foundation and base for everything in today's China.
