Country Quote by Geert Wilders

Islam and democracy can function together.

— Ali Babacan

In time, this so-called democracy will crumble, and there will be nothing. And the only thing that will remain will be Islam.

— Siraj Wahhaj

The word "democracy" is a Western word obviously. It doesn't exist in Arabic. Democratiya is a loan word. We in the Western world make…

— Bernard Lewis

Democracy may have arisen in the West as the way of striving for the universal aspiration to dignity and freedom, but it isn't alien…

— Flora Lewis

And if you look at the experience of Turkey, for example, where the modern Islamists are in power and are doing fine - this…

— Yaroslav Trofimov

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.

— E. B. White

Islam was nothing if it did not spell complete democracy.

— Mahatma Gandhi

According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

'Peace on earth, good will toward men' - democracy must cling to that message. For it is my deep conviction that democracy cannot live…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Democracy is in the blood of the Muslims, who look upon complete equality of mankind, and believe in fraternity, equality, and liberty.”

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

“So I asked Dr Ceric if he thought there was a conflict between European values and Islam. ‘Not at all,’ he said. ‘Respect for…

— Kristiane Backer