![]() ![]() The following section, the most unrelated to her thesis (in my opinion), discusses the possibility of the inevitable clash between the Western and Islamic worlds (a possibility which she believes can be avoided). She then moves on to a lengthier history of her home country, Pakistan, and comments some on her own personal journey in Pakistani politics. ![]() However, despite her many claims of the West's mistreatment of the Muslim world, she also acknowledges that Islamic countries need to take their share of the blame as well. As a counterweight, she also includes a brief history of a number of non-Muslim countries that had similar problems as a result of colonialism or other interference from large Western powers, most notably Great Britain and the United States. Also to prove her point that Islam and democracy are not mutually exclusive, she gives a brief history of a number of Muslim countries, noting that their ups and downs with the democratic experience are often the result of colonialism and/or Western meddling. To that end, she quotes the Quran a lot, noting that civil rights are guaranteed for both men and women according to the Quran, but that tribal law has often superseded the Quran itself when official interpretations were set down. In this book, Bhutto's thesis is that democracy and Islam are not mutually exclusive. ![]()
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