Islamic Democracy
Current reconciling Islam with electoral democracy through conservative religious parties that run in elections and support a market economy and Muslim values in public life, like Turkey's early AKP and Tunisia's Ennahda.
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In one sentence
I want a Muslim party that wins elections, protects family and faith in public life and makes the market economy grow.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Leaning · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Leaning · Security
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Balanced
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Leaning · Private
Economy
- Leaning · Free market
Control
- Leaning · Globalism
Trade
- Strong · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Religion
Leans further toward religious than 85% of the 248 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 56This ideology 16
Of all the axes, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Diplomacy
On Diplomacy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 45This ideology 46
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Muhammad Abduh
Grand Mufti of Egypt and father of Islamic modernism, Abduh argued for reinterpreting Islam through reason (ijtihad), reformed teaching at Al-Azhar and the religious courts, and opposed both clerical stagnation and British rule.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyAlwaleed bin TalalSaudi investor and prince95%
SociallyRonaldo CaiadoGovernor and physician97%
EconomicallyKonrad AdenauerStatesman100%
Other compatible profiles
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PoliticsMarcelo Rebelo de SousaPresident of Portugal94%
PoliticsSantiago PeñaPresident of Paraguay94%
PoliticsDwight D. EisenhowerGeneral and statesman94%
BusinessPablo MarçalEntrepreneur and politician94%
PoliticsHelmut KohlFormer Chancellor of Germany93%
PoliticsMichel TemerStatesman93%
PoliticsWoodrow WilsonStatesman93%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Turkey
National-religious authoritarianismA presidential republic between Europe and Asia, Turkey combines electoral democracy with strong concentration of power, nationalism, religious conservatism, and an assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
Other close countries
Georgia
Westernizing-frontier republicA semi-presidential republic in the Caucasus, Georgia pursues integration with the European Union and NATO, maintains an open market economy, and faces Russian occupation of Abkhazia and South Ossetia since 2008.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyPeruAndean presidential republic95%
SociallyIsraelNational-technological republic95%
EconomicallySyriaPost-Assad transitional republic100%
The most distant
Empire of Brazil
1822–1889The only long-lasting empire in the Americas, imperial Brazil was a parliamentary monarchy under Pedro I and Pedro II, marked by political stability, a slave-based agrarian economy, and strong state centralization.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyRepublican Rome509–27 a.C.88%
SociallyOld Swiss Confederacy1291–179890%
EconomicallyAbbasid Caliphate750–125896%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Right
- Right
Right-Wing Pragmatism
Pragmatic branch that prioritizes fiscal adjustment, economic stability, and governability through broad coalitions, accepting market reforms and political concessions in the name of short- and medium-term results.
- Right
Christian Conservatism
Current that grounds politics in Christian morality and tradition, defending family, life, and religious values within democracy, with emphasis on preserving the people's customs and cultural heritage.
- Right
Conservative Liberalism
Synthesis that unites free markets and economic freedoms with the appreciation of tradition, order, and institutions, defending prudent change and social stability within the framework of liberal democracy.
Closest in other spectrums
- Center
Conservative Centrism
Centrist branch that combines economic moderation and institutional respect with social conservatism, valuing family, religion, order, and gradual change without joining the authoritarian right or populist radicalism.
- Center
Liberal Developmentalism
The East Asian Tiger model (Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong): champions free markets, foreign trade and private enterprise as engines of growth, paired with an active technocratic state that plans infrastructure, education and strategic industrialization, stopping short of closed protectionism or hard authoritarian control.
- Center
Christian Democracy
Centrist current that applies Christian values to democratic politics, defending the social market economy, family, solidarity, and the common good as the foundation of free and pluralist institutions.
The most distant ideology
CommunalismAnarchist34%