Democracy in Muslim societies: the Asian experience

Democracy in Muslim Societies: The Asian Experience explores the character. of the political transformation and democratic transition in the Asian Muslim. world. It asks whether democracy is appropriate and desirable as a political system. for non-Western societies, and assesses the extent of actual democratization in. each of the countries studied, namely, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia,. Pakistan and Turkey. The book questions the widely held view that the socio-political ethos of Islam. as a religion, and of Muslim countries as societal units, prevents Muslims from. adopting democrac