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Morocco’s Elections Prove Democracy Can Work with Islam
The Taliban’s seizure of Kabul and appointment of a cabinet of bearded extremists have given many of America’s talking heads the notion that democracy just can’t work in a Muslim country.
They couldn’t be more wrong.
- Ahmed Charai
- The National Interest
The Taliban’s seizure of Kabul and appointment of a cabinet of bearded extremists have given many of America’s talking heads the notion that democracy just can’t work in a Muslim country.
They couldn’t be more wrong. Morocco is an overwhelming Muslim land, which has been conducting local multi-party elections in a way that all observers agree is peaceful, fair, and free.
Consider Morocco’s local, regional, and parliamentary elections, which…