Article: Western democracies are undermining people's rights
Tariq Ramadan (Oxford) titled a column for the Dubai-based daily, "Gulf News", published on the paper's website on 15 November 2011, "Western democracies are undermining people's rights".
Excerpt: "We talk about separating religious authority from state authority - but who will protect the state from the economic, financial and media powers that are imposing their anti-democratic decisions and policies? It is all well and good to celebrate an idealised democratic model, but the truth of the matter remains that western democracies are eroding; people are losing their rights and prerogatives. ... The Arab world needs political creativity; but the West, deep in crisis, cannot be a model. It is time to find other ways, new horizons."
Tariq Ramadan (Oxford) titled a column for the Dubai-based daily, "Gulf News", published on the paper's website on 15 November 2011, "Western democracies are undermining people's rights".
Excerpt: "We talk about separating religious authority from state authority - but who will protect the state from the economic, financial and media powers that are imposing their anti-democratic decisions and policies? It is all well and good to celebrate an idealised democratic model, but the truth of the matter remains that western democracies are eroding; people are losing their rights and prerogatives. ... The Arab world needs political creativity; but the West, deep in crisis, cannot be a model. It is time to find other ways, new horizons."
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