Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia since 2020

Re:Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia ... by NikolaNovak on Monday January 16, 2023 @01:51PM (#34404105)

I get your point but isn't there a built-in inconsistency in term "Islamic secular state"? I. E. Would a secular state by definition not be Islamic (or Christian etc)? Or do you mean a state with predominantly Islamic population that is democratic and secular?

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Re:Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia ... by throwaway09223 on Monday January 16, 2023 @02:47PM (#34404701)

Without getting into the semantics it's valuable to note that Wikipedia has a list of religious democracies, both historic and contemporary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_democracy

Note that several of these are Islamic.

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Re:Wikipedia editors serving long sentences in Saudi Arabia ... by za3faran on Monday January 16, 2023 @05:53PM (#34406597)

You're correct that Western style democracy and secularism contradict Islam. We as Muslims don't look at those notions as measures of prosperity.

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