Islamic Democracy
Current reconciling Islam with electoral democracy through conservative religious parties that run in elections and support a market economy and Muslim values in public life, like Turkey's early AKP and Tunisia's Ennahda.
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In one sentence
I want a Muslim party that wins elections, protects family and faith in public life and makes the market economy grow.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Leaning · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Leaning · Security
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Balanced
Nationalism
- Leaning · Private
Economy
- Leaning · Free market
Free market
- Strong · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Religion
Leans further toward religious than 85% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 61This ideology 16
Of all the topics, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Nationalism
On Nationalism, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 54This ideology 53
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Muhammad Abduh
Grand Mufti of Egypt and father of Islamic modernism, Abduh argued for reinterpreting Islam through reason (ijtihad), reformed teaching at Al-Azhar and the religious courts, and opposed both clerical stagnation and British rule.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyAlwaleed bin TalalSaudi investor and prince96%
SociallyAli al-SistaniGrand Ayatollah92%
EconomicallyBenjamin FranklinStatesman and scientist100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsAbdullah II da JordâniaMonarch93%
PoliticsMichel TemerStatesman92%
BusinessAlfried KruppIndustrial Magnate and Head of Krupp Group92%
Intellectual lifeAugusto CuryPsychiatrist, writer and presidential candidate (2026)91%
ActivismRenan SantosBusinessman and political activist91%
PoliticsFelipe VIKing of Spain90%
EconomicsLudwig ErhardEconomist and statesman90%
BusinessHenry Clay FrickIndustrial Magnate and Financier90%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Turkey
National-religious authoritarianismA presidential republic between Europe and Asia, Turkey combines electoral democracy with strong concentration of power, nationalism, religious conservatism, and an assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
Other close countries
Peru
Andean presidential republicA unitary presidential republic marked by severe political instability and successive presidential removals, with an open economy based on mining, widespread labor informality, and deep inequality between the coast and the Andean and Amazonian regions.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyIvory CoastPost-conflict presidential republic93%
SociallyNigeriaFederal presidential republic93%
EconomicallyArizona (United States)Divided border region100%
The most distant
Republican Rome
509–27 BCEAn aristocratic republic of antiquity, Rome balanced consuls, Senate, and tribunes of the plebs in a mixed system of elective magistracies, expanding across the Mediterranean through citizen legions and a strong cult of civic virtue.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyDemocratic Athensc. 508–322 BCE87%
SociallyAbbasid Caliphate750–125883%
EconomicallyQajar Empire1789–192593%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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