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Essay / Arab Spring, religion and political systems - 1092
The social events that triggered the Arab Spring will later be remembered as a historical event; this would eventually lead them to observe or adopt a form of constitutional theocracy. Now, depending on the country and the political system they adopt, it can be a good thing if they offer all their citizens the freedom to choose something other than the religion represented by the government under which they live. According to Hirschl, religion and belief in G-d have made a comeback and I for one must agree with him on this point; we can see this not only during the Arab Spring, but also in other parts of the world. This can be a good or bad thing for countries where the Arab Spring took place, because in most places where this revolution took place, it was known to oppress people with a very extreme view of religious beliefs; particularly Islamic extremist groups like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. These types of religious groups have a one-sided belief and do not respect any faith or belief outside of their own; they strongly oppose it, so much so that the ideology of superiority over everyone, as if G-d loved them more than the rest, led them to kill Coptic Christians in Egypt at the start of the Arab Spring and to terrorize the Muslims who lived there. I will not agree with the idea that the Muslim Brotherhood controls their Egyptian government through Sharia law. Hirschl points out that Egypt has recently given a lot of support to the Muslim Brotherhood. I believe this is the case because most Muslims in Egypt think they will do right by them or they want them in power because they agree with all their ultra-religious views. The point......middle of article......of the constitutional theocracy that would best suit the Arab Spring is that of the pure essence of a constitutional theocracy where they operate within the strict confines of a constitution written by the newly created government. Works cited "Arab Spring: thin line between freedom and theocracyBy JENERALI ULIMWENGU | Monday August 19, 2013 at 11:08 a.m.." Arab Spring: the thin line between freedom and theocracy: Opinon-africareview.com. Np, and Web. December 12, 2013. “Arab Spring.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, November 12, 2013. Web. December 10, 2013. Blight, Garry, Sheila Pulham and Paul Torpey. “Arab Spring: An interactive timeline of protests in the Middle East.” Theguardian.com. Guardian News and Media, January 5, 2012. Web. December 9, 2013. “Constitutional theocracy.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, April 19, 2013. Web. December 12, 2013. “Mashable.” Crushable. Np, and Web. December 11. 2013.