A careful study of the world's 47 Muslim-majority states, however, shows that Islam and democracy can and do co-exist. The real gap is narrower: it is the Arab world, not Islam, which seems at loggerheads with democracy.
伊斯兰和民主常被认为不共戴天。但对全球47个以穆斯林为主国家的调查显示，伊斯兰和民主可以和平共存。真正的差距在缩小：是阿拉伯而非伊斯兰世界与民主水火不容。