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Unread 12-03-2004, 10:04 AM   #602
bobkoure
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Originally Posted by Guderian
Indonesia.
And that was supposed to mean... Islamic democracies?
I know Iraqis don't typically regard themselves as Arabs, and the few Arabs I've known (early 70's Beruit) didn't regard Iraqis as Arabs - but many folks here in the States use "Arab" to mean "Islamic and near Arabia" (so Persian Gulf, too - but not Israel).
If you are looking for examples of Islamic democracies a bit closer than Indonesia, why not Turkey? The might not be Arabs, but they did used to oppress them
Or did you mean "Islamic democracy with oil"? Like maybe one of the ex-Soviet *-istans...?
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