Is Democratization in the UAE progressing satisfactorily?
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The UAE consist of 7 emirates (states).  I believe they all have monachs just like most of the countries in the middle east.  I think the only countries in the Middle East that have democracies are the ones we've invaded: Iraq and Afganistan.
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To control the world thru "democracy"
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The ruling system that emanates from Islam is neither theocratic nor republic. It's unique; Islam is not being implemented in it's totality anywhere in the world. The misconception is that countries such as Saudia Arabia and Iran can be considered Islamic states, however, that is not the case. Furthermore, the Islamic state permits it's citizens to practice other religions, in contrast, to what was just conveyed earlier by the other person. If your intention is to attain a better grasp of the ruling system under Islam then I recommend the book that I inputed under the heading "Source(s)" in the bottom. I hope I was to some avail in respect to your inquiry.
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There is no way for democracy to exist in a religiously centered regime.  The religious regime will require that certain rules have to be followed no matter how much the people may oppose those rules.  Since the people can't reverse the religious rules, there isn't a democracy.  I would doubt that democracy can really thrive in arab nations as long as they are Islamic regimes.
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Until recently, Israel was the only democracy in the middle east and our only true friend there too.  Now there are two other brand new -- and admittedly screwed up democracies.  As long as we stay, the middle east will become more westernized and thus less violent, less oppressive and less inclined to be our enemies.  Right now it's all very new and there is huge resentment.  It will wear off in time though, and then we'll enjoy our accomplishments.\n\nDaniel\nTampa Web Designers\nhttp://www.ipowergrfx.com\nhttp://www.publicadjuster.com
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Oil, of course, and then, the sultan of Dubai owns a lot of racehorses. Dubai is part of the United Arab Emerits, which is essentially a group of countries ruled by kings (sultans) who joined together for mutual benefit. \n\nIt's considered the "party island" of the Middle East, so tourism is also a big deal. \n\nGood luck!
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Comment 1 and 3 are ignorant racists. Mike is right. I wish to add: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates (UAE - btw: it belongs to the richest regions in the world!)\n\nMost developed are Singapour, Turkey and the UAE.
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unfortunately yes.\n\nlook at the mes they've made of it.\n\nyesterday, gunmen pulled out 6 men from a mosque, doused them with kerosene and set them on fire.  is this the democracy the US wanted to impose on the Middle East?
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I will give you the SAME answer I gave another person over another question very similiar to this one you have asked:\n\nThis looks REMARKABLY like a homework question. You really should do a bit of research on this so that you can LEARN the answers. You need to access some political science journals and I would encourage you to read Robert Dahl (who writes EXTENSIVELY on the subject of emerging democracy) as well as doing a bit of research on TRANSITIONING democratic regimes.....I can steer you but i will NOT give you the answer. ;o)
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Both sides have to come down - atleast slightly - from their stance. In the recent past, though it seemed to happen with the previous government, now the situation is not so favorable for peace. The current ruler is a hardliner. He has rolled back some of the progress achieved earlier.
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Probably. The expat community in Dubai is fairly large.
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When the job is complete.\n\nSo far we have created a constitutional democracy that the Iraqi people selected in a national referendum.\n\nWe have had two successful (UN certified) elections.\n\nThe Iraqi army is gaining experience - and every week is taking over sectors that were formerly managed by US troops.\n\nThe Iraqi economy is booming.\n\nWe are making progress - but fixing Iraq is not something that can be done overnight.
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It has freely elected President and the Parliament. \nIts justice system is officially independent (of course there are some unofficial means to influence the courts). \nIt (still) has independent media. \n\nI think these three facts will qualify it as a democracy.
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Not anytime soon.  People in the west need to understand that Iraq and much of the ME region has been heavily factionalized and controlled by local political groups with divergent agendas for thousands of years.  As such, a move to democracy will require a protracted period of time to change the thinking of the general populace.\n\nThe older generations are not likely to welcome any change.  It will take time for them to die off while signifiant continuous effort will be needed to pursuade the younger generations that there is a different way.\n\nLook how long it has taken in the US for anything approaching racial equality and harmony to evolve.  The slaves were freed in the 1860s, yet were not guaranteed suffrage until 100 years later.  Although progress has been made, we still have a LONG way to go.\n\nA meaningful long-term change in Iraq will take a US & UN presence of 50 - 100 years in order to stabilize the political system.  Anyone who thinks otherwise is simply blind to the realities of human nature at best, and an abject fool at worst.
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Girl..im proud of you! and for the person down below about not a wearing a viel in afghanistan and women voting...all these aspects are becasue of the EXTREMIST GOVERNMENTS in these countries and not because of Islam...Why dont you look at UAE. UAE is a muslim country with Churches, Temples and muslims arent FORCED to wear a Viel either. There are women in government positions eg Sheikha Lubna. The things happening in Pakistan like honour killing are not justifiable by Islam and are Wrong!!! Islam does not encourage this kind of behaviour.
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No ... How can someone force democracy on someone else? If it's forced, then is it really a democracy? If there is ever to be democracy or peace over there, then they will have to resolve it themselves.
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The UAE has had finacial links to certian terriost groups and that concerns the congress. I am in no way advocating that the UAE has close ties to terriost groups, but in time or war it wouldn't be the smartest idea to allow this to happen. The UAE already runs ports in the middle east & orient. If they had our ports, where is the check & balance? If we could ensure that every container was to be x-rayed and checked that arrived on our shores, then there would probably not be a huge issue. Unfortuantly, only about 10% of the containers are checked. It is better to be safe than sorry.