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 253 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 59This 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 46This 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%
SociallyAugusto CuryPsychiatrist, writer and presidential candidate (2026)92%
EconomicallySam AltmanEntrepreneur100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsMichel TemerStatesman93%
ActivismRenan SantosBusinessman and political activist92%
EconomicsLudwig ErhardEconomist and statesman91%
PoliticsSérgio MoroFormer judge and politician91%
PoliticsFelipe VIKing of Spain91%
PoliticsMário CovasGovernor of São Paulo90%
PoliticsBaron of Rio BrancoDiplomat and foreign minister90%
EconomicsJerome PowellFederal Reserve Chair (2018–2026)89%
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
Peru
Andean presidential republicA unitary presidential republic marked by severe political instability and successive presidential removals, with an open economy based on mining, widespread labor informality, and deep inequality between the coast and the Andean and Amazonian regions.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyArmeniaNational-diasporic republic93%
SociallyLebanonConfessional-fragmented republic91%
EconomicallySyriaPost-Assad transitional republic100%
The most distant
Republican Rome
509–27 a.C.An aristocratic republic of antiquity, Rome balanced consuls, Senate, and tribunes of the plebs in a mixed system of elective magistracies, expanding across the Mediterranean through citizen legions and a strong cult of civic virtue.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAbbasid Caliphate750–125882%
SociallyDemocratic Athensc. 508–322 a.C.87%
EconomicallyFujimori's Peru1990–200090%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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