"Bridging the divide of Islam and democracy
Amin Saikal
THE TURKISH experience over the past 75 years has shown that the secularisation of a state with a predominantly Muslim population does not necessarily result in marginalisation of the influence of Islam in the life and politics of that state.
Last weekend's landslide electoral victory of the Justice and Development Party (AK) is a testimony as much to the growing strength of democracy in Turkey as it is to the compatibility of Islam with democracy under the right conditions."
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