Theocratic
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In promoting democracy, liberals reject the argument used by today’s rulers that the first free election would be the last, because Islamists would win and establish
theocratic
regimes.
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How secure is the
theocratic
regime in Iran?
General Zia in his efforts to avenge the loss of east Pakistan tried to undo any so called Indian influence on social structure by turning Pakistan into a
theocratic
state.
Instead of creating an atmosphere conducive to an Iranian Gandhi, they unwittingly helped usher into power Ayatollah Khomeini and a
theocratic
regime less tolerant than the one they helped unseat.
But contemplate the future consequences of inaction and shudder: Syria, mired in the carnage between the brutality of Bashar al-Assad and various affiliates of Al Qaeda, a breeding ground of extremism infinitely more dangerous than Afghanistan in the 1990’s;Egypt in chaos, with the West, however unfairly, looking as if it is giving succor to those who would turn it into a Sunni version of Iran; and Iran itself, despite its new president, still a
theocratic
dictatorship, with a nuclear bomb.
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