Culture Quote by Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

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

I believe that Islam and freedom are incompatible.

— Geert Wilders

Islam and freedom are not compatible.

— Geert Wilders

There can be no political reform and democracy in any Arab country without accepting that political Islam is a part of it.

— Jamal Khashoggi

I have a lot of respect for aspects of Islam, but I would not choose to live in a theocratically organised Muslim society.

— John Rhys-Davies

Islam is not an excuse for thwarting democracy.

— Shirin Ebadi

The principles and form of government that form the basis of democracy are compatible with Islamic values.

— Fethullah Gulen

Indeed, as long as a country has a culture a religion an ideology where Islam is dominant it will never be a democracy.

— Geert Wilders

Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.

— John Fund

Islam and democracy can function together.

— Ali Babacan

I don't align myself with the West of the Muslim world. I align myself with what I perceive to be just and in accordance…

— Hamza Yusuf