Mahmoud Abbas’s election in Palestine and the forthcoming vote in Iraq on January 30 have pushed the question of Islam’s compatibility with democracy to the center of the world’s agenda. Sheik Dia al-Shakarchi, a leading Shi’ite theologian, argues that democracy is not only compatible with Islam, but is essential to it.
马哈茂德 · 阿巴斯 在巴勒斯坦的当选以及一月三十日即将在伊拉克举行的大选将把伊斯兰国家与民主制度的相容性问题推到世界议事日程的重要位置。 Sheik Dia al-Shakarchi ，一位重要的什叶派理论家，认为民主制度不仅与伊斯兰国家协调相配，并且还必不可少。