The most democratic Muslim nations!

[Takaavar]

Iran at 4th? Are you serious?

In fact your list made me laugh out load, I suggest you to educate more how govt works in Iran

 

[DRaisinHerald]

Why do advise people to be more open to be more extremist, while you have chosen to live under her majesty's rule?

Do me a favour and point to me where I said "hey let's all live under military dictators"

Try harder.

 

[gambit]

Democracy doesn't necessarily mean good-country though. Most Gulf nations are doing really well, and they're not democracies. Pakistan also had it's best times under military rulers.

Democracy and stability are two different things and do not depend on each other to exist. Dictatorships are often stable via oppression. On the other hand, a stable democracy is a sign that the citizenry is willing to exercise self restraint and compromise despite the inherent conductivity towards disorder in a political system that encourages dissents.

 

[Banu Umayyah]

I disagree with their list and it needs to be modified:

1. Turkey
2. Malaysia
3. Indonesia
4. Iran
5. Lebanon
6. Pakistan
7. Palestine
8. Bangladesh
9. Jordan
10. Morocco
11. Egypt
12. Tunisia
13. Nigeria

The rest are authoritarian type Governments.

Jordan is a monarchy!

 

[PakistaniandProud]

In fact your list made me laugh out load, I suggest you to educate more how govt works in Iran

how does democracy work in Iran?

 

[RayKalm]

List looks fine. Mali should move down though, and Iran should move a little higher up.

 

[Mosamania]

Jordan is a monarchy!

Jordan is a constitutional monarchy. And they have a very good democracy going on for them.

 

[Banu Umayyah]

Jordan is a constitutional monarchy. And they have a very good democracy going on for them.

Its a constitutional monarchy in paper just like Kuwait. The king can dissolve the parliament when ever he wants and he appoints third of the members.

 

[Mosamania]

Its a constitutional monarchy in paper just like Kuwait. The king can dissolve the parliament when ever he wants and he appoints third of the members.

Constitutional monarchy that works none the less. Kuwait also has a good democracy going on for them however the current government there is a bit too Pro-Iran right now for my liking.

 

[Banu Umayyah]

Constitutional monarchy that works none the less. Kuwait also has a good democracy going on for them however the current government there is a bit too Pro-Iran right now for my liking.

If you ask me I think Kuwait's democracy is a joke, every week we hear a story of fight between parliament members, every month the parliament is dissolved. I am starting to think democracy isn't right for us

 

[Meengla]

To quote Pakistaniat.com's Professor Adil Najam: "Pakistan is a democratic country caught inside an undemocratic state".
I don't know about most of these countries to make an 'informed opinion', but in case of Pakistan 'corruption' way, way exaggerated. Anyone who has talked to people from the Eastern Europe and Latin America (I have to a few of them) will begin to see that 'corruption' is much a way of life there as in Pakistan--if not even worse.
Unfortunately for Pakistan, though, Pakistan democracy cannot flourish so long as Pakistan continues to be a 'security state'; American presence in the region doesn't help at all either. Why is the mention of the external factors relevant? Because if Pakistan did not have a giant, powerful, hostile neighbor--whether real or perceived-- to its east from 1947 then I am sure the evolution of democracy in Pakistan would have been different. Put Pakistan as it was in 1947 in the middle of the Indian or Atlantic or Pacific Ocean and the destiny of Pakistan would have been different--much better.

 

[Mosamania]

If you ask me I think Kuwait's democracy is a joke, every week we hear a story of fight between parliament members, every month the parliament is dissolved. I am starting to think democracy isn't right for us

Nope democracy is a total no no for us. You know why?? Because we as a nation won't accept it. Imagine of democracy happens right here right now in KSA?? You will see people going around saying "I memorized the Quran at the age of 6 thus I am the best tp run the government". On the other hand our monarchy is actually trying it's best to transform us from a reigious state to a scientific one they are taking their time as they should and the change can be measured in generations rather than years.
For example my father lived in a mud house as a child and his family was so poor he had to work from the age of 6 to support his family. My mother tells me when she was a kid if a car would go through the city everyone in the city would go out of their window to see this new glamourous thing and the streets were made of dirt and the money was so scarce that they bought one piece of clothes every year in Eid and if it got torn they would cry like hell about it. Consider their life and consider ours. It's 3AM and I am worried about driving my car because of the traffic in Jeddah. I play the guitar while in our parents' generation only "bad people" would play music.


Relatively speaking we have come a long way in such a short time it is astonishing. So monarchy works for us. Look at us now everyday in the news factories are being opened and our non-oil economy is taking huge leaps in such a short time. So I say it again I really wish I was part of the next Saudi generation not ours just Imagien the world they will be living in and growing up in. Hell I don't need t go far just compare of the total change in culture and way of thought from when we were kids and now it's like a cultural revolution have happened.

 

[Kaniska]

I beleive Bangladesh deserve some better ranking wrt to Democracy....In my knowledge after the best 3 like Indonesia and Turkey...Bangladesh should be in 3 rd rank. Because in reality democracy works there rather than dummy democracy like in some other countries..

 

[Banglar Lathial]

Bangladesh has no real democracy, and democracy itself is no panacea but better than secular one-man dictatorships, or "kings" and "queens" who work against Islam. In Bangladesh, the difference is that there is no monopoly on power, but a duopoly. Either party "A" or party "B" inevitably comes to power, and neither of them are Islamic to any extent. Most of the masses are illiterates anyway, what does democracy even mean in those contexts? It's like in India or Pakistan, where the vast majority of the voters do not even understand well enough what or who they are voting for. Granted, the same is the case in countries like USA where the vast majority of the people are politically illiterate and their media is Jewish controlled, thanks to centuries of resource-looting, their countries are much wealthier than third world countries of the subcontinent.

 

[Banglar Lathial]

Nope democracy is a total no no for us. You know why?? Because we as a nation won't accept it. Imagine of democracy happens right here right now in KSA?? You will see people going around saying "I memorized the Quran at the age of 6 thus I am the best tp run the government". On the other hand our monarchy is actually trying it's best to transform us from a reigious state to a scientific one they are taking their time as they should and the change can be measured in generations rather than years.
For example my father lived in a mud house as a child and his family was so poor he had to work from the age of 6 to support his family. My mother tells me when she was a kid if a car would go through the city everyone in the city would go out of their window to see this new glamourous thing and the streets were made of dirt and the money was so scarce that they bought one piece of clothes every year in Eid and if it got torn they would cry like hell about it. Consider their life and consider ours. It's 3AM and I am worried about driving my car because of the traffic in Jeddah. I play the guitar while in our parents' generation only "bad people" would play music.


Relatively speaking we have come a long way in such a short time it is astonishing. So monarchy works for us. Look at us now everyday in the news factories are being opened and our non-oil economy is taking huge leaps in such a short time. So I say it again I really wish I was part of the next Saudi generation not ours just Imagien the world they will be living in and growing up in. Hell I don't need t go far just compare of the total change in culture and way of thought from when we were kids and now it's like a cultural revolution have happened.

What about the Saudi king allowing all forms of dress in Thuwal at KAUST? What about the indecent dances that took place at KAUST, not to mention various other incidents? What about holding anti-American/anti-Western marches in public? Even in a third world country like Bangladesh, which is not a model for any country in terms of economic development, there were some parties that protested against Americans and Indians' visit to Bangladesh.

New Age | Newspaper

I vehemently oppose the so called seculars, leftists and similar minded people, but if they can protest against USA and India, why can not Saudis and other Arabs? Not every Arab is going to take up arms to fight against American terrorist military, so there had better be some room for protests.

When I searched for protests against Americans and Indians, I incidentally found this protest too.
Hizb ut-Tahrir Media Office Official Website

In my view, no Muslim majority country should pay any heed to devilish Western countries on their domestic demands. The Muslim population should determine, through government systems prescribed in Islam, how Muslims should run their affairs.

Saudi Arabia is not the only country that experienced economic change across generations, most countries around the world did so. In the Middle East, excluding Iran since Saudis hate Iran due to the sectarian outlook, you can also look at Turkey under Erdogan to decide how its people have experienced economic change in less than a decade. Granted, it's not a perfect example, but within the Middle East, there are not many examples to be provided since most of them are secular and/or pro Western dictatorships.