[the_wrong_guy]

Imam an Anwar is awesome, but similar to his comments on those who disagree with him, he seems to have missed a few important factors while considering this issue.

Among them is whether the Western origins of any ideology are enough reason to deem it unacceptable by Islamic standards. Also, are there different understandings of democracy? Is the democratic electoral process flawed, or are our objections to democracy based on epistemological arguments? And there's of course the point Maniac Muslim raised: what if one candidate is a 1000x better than the other and electing him would play a major role in protecting the interests of Muslims in the country?