Re: Are Islam and Democracy Incompatible?

JTEM wrote:
> AE wrote:
> > This has nothing to do with Islam but is generally true:
> > Democracy can't exist if laws are given by God and that way
> > immutable. It requires that laws are given by humans and that
> > way can be chanched or removed by humans.
>
> What I don't understand is, why is this supposed to be incompatible
> with religion?

It doesn't matter if the people within a nation are religious - 
independent of the religion.

But as soon as there are religious laws it is not any more up to the 
citizens to change them.