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Originally Posted by o o o
I would propose Indonesia (which is actually the largest Muslim-majority country) and Senegal.
And yes, Turkey, I guess. The army has a lot of power but they weren't able to prevent the "moderate Muslim" / "moderate Islamist" AKP to win the general elections in 2002 and to govern the country. We'll see what happens with the issue of the president: apparently Turkey's Constitutional Court has now validated AKP's latest proposed reform allowing for the president to be voted by the people rather than by the General Assembly which would open another way for AKP's candidate: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6275684.stm. |
Indonesia got to the size it has by taking over small neighbouring islands and repopulating them with people from the core islands and asset stripping any natural resources possible
Its human rights record and vote rigging are well documented
As for Turkey, if it is such a democracy why then do the military hold sway there and why has the EU put off admitting the country for at least 10 years due to its appalling human rights record including detention without trial of political critics and ethnic cleansing of kurds
Turkeys Constitutional Court wont be worth diddly squat when the generals dissolve it as they have on the past should it push them too far
Senegal I know nothing about but I will read up on it