the different between syura and democracy?
88048
Syura happens when the highest people in governmental positions gather and decide upon something. Democracy is between the citizens and the governments...
46752
Good point :)\n\nOf course, by "democracy" we usually mean "freedom to vote for the leaders we like". And oh look, Condi Rice cut off aid to the Palestinian government.
439035
Democratic is a better option if you have people in your country who aren't Islamic.  And, pretty much every country has people who aren't Islamic.  Also, the various sects disagree on certain points of Islam, so basing your laws on a specific religion like that is going to cause a lot of friction between the sects.
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Remember when counting, that a Republic (like the US) isn't technically a democracy. A democracy has the people directly deciding issues. A republic has some subset of the people picking other people who make all the decisions. \n\nThis would be a very different country if the actual majority of voting people made the decisions directly, rather than electing legislators. If you don't believe that, look at how many times in the recent past presidents have been elected without having a majority of the popular vote, but rather because of the way the electoral college works.
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The United States is not a Democracy.  It is a Republic. A Democracy is generally thought of as being ruled by the people.  We elect representatives to "rule" for us. It would be too hard to run a country as a true Democracy.  All the people would have to vote on everything.  However, We do hold the democratic process, and the people, in high esteem and try to run the country by what most of the people want.
14686
Independent or Democratic
76722
nobody really knows. but i hope in the near future. as far as i know, its presently ruled by a military junta and they are already planning to hold elections to finally construct a democratic government. But up until now, there hasn't been an election. There was one election where Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratic party overwhelmingly won. but the junta just arrested her and cancelled the elections for a later date. We can only wait when the junta will finally give in to the demands of the world and its people.
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Democracy (literally "rule by the people", from the Greek demos, "people," and kratos, "rule") is a form of government for a nation state, or for an organization in which all the citizens have an equal vote or voice in shaping policy or electing government officials. While the term democracy is often used in the context of a political state, the principles are also applicable to other bodies, such as universities, labor unions, public companies, or civic organizations.............enjoy just dont believe it actually exists!
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i lived in thailand for 8 years,and their form of govt is parliamentary/monarchy and sad to say i could say they dont practice democracy,the military is so powerful and their is no due process in that country,but if you dont mess with the system you wont have problems...
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There is no inherent difference between the two.  They are not mutually exclusive.\n\nParliamentary democracies are, basically, those in which the head of government is the leader of the party, or coalition of parties, that holds a majority in at least one chamber of the legistlative branch.  This is different from the US-style "Presidential" democracy, in which the head of government is the chief of the executive branch.\n\nA federal democracy is a democratic form of federation; the democratic part simply indicates that ultimate decision-making power is given to the people.  A federation is a central government that permits some amount of sovereignty and decision-making power in subordinate governmental bodies within the federation.  A familiar example might be the US States, which retain significant authority although they are subordinate to the federal United States Government.\n\nIndia is both a federal democracy and a parliamentary democracy.  That proves there is a distinction but not a difference between the two.
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If the truth be told - there is no such thing as 'democracy' for all, and there never will be.\nSociety needs rules, the moment you have rules, you interfere with someones freedom - that is not democratic.
963788
Yes, I like living in a democracy.Its what hundreds of thousands of good men and women gave their lives for in the TWO world wars. Those people believed they were fighting for 'free speech' and the right to have a say in the running of this country.We have pseudo MPs here;they are dictators (most of them anyway)
462026
Democracy is the best of bad choices for government we have.For me, a benevolent dictatorship would be my choice. Democracy is too messy, takes too long to get going, or for people to understand, look at Iraq. Just too many disparate opinions have to be weighed for it to be effective. Sometimes, countries need a strong man{or woman} with a single vision. FDR and Lincoln come to mind in our history.
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Now a days people misuse the term democracy to mean capitalism. Sometimes they go together, but they are two very different concepts that can exist indepent of each other too.
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Democracy is people's government.
693139
the US is a mainly a republic  with a touch of democracy. a democracy is government that every issue would be voted on by the people. a republic is where the people elected someone to vote for them on issue. the only time we are democracy is when we vote directly on issues.
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There aren't any major differences.  They are two factions of the same business party, representing the interests of the corporate elite.  Both republicans and democrats support increased military spending on an already gargantuan military budget, tax cuts to the wealthy, welfare "reforms" (which means eliminating aid to those in need), privatization of social services generally, opening up the environment for the benefit of corporate leaders (at the expense of humanity's existence), and the overarching concern for the global extension of capitalism (along with favoring "free trade" policies that encroach upon the democratic sovereignty of other nations).\n\nThey might differ on some social issues (e.g., abortion and gun control issues) that do not affect the bottom line, but we might wonder if these differences are really that important.\n\nBy having two parties, it provides the illusion that US citizens have a real choice at the polls and real democracy.  However, democracy is about leaders being accountable to the broad populace, and clearly this does not happen (regardless of political party in power).