Anti-democractic thought is typically, though not always associated with the western ideology and product of secularism that is alien to Islam. In fact, there are scholars who totally reject democracy and consider it as a system, which is not only incompatible with Islam but a modern form of shirk. The struggle and failure of democracy in the Middle East seems affirming these rejectionist views. In fact, the people who have lost faith in democracy in the Arab countries now may incline towards radicalism and extremism in their political thought. The failure of democracy in the Muslim world then opens the question of compatibility of democracy with Islam. In modern context, particularly with the collapse of Islamic empire and the rise of nati...