By: Dr.Muhammad Abdul Aziz Writer and economist
In Arab countries we face many obstacles to apply Democracy especially the western Democratic model , we have different culture , different religions , different social development and different history with different social experiences , the western Democratic model is not regime type only it is a social way to live the power of state itself to share authority and wealth among citizens not to be equal but to be fair enough for all . To apply democratic regime we must have clear vision and specified goals , democratic regimes themselves are different from country to another according to the internal and regional case of each country . We can put main points about obstacles that delay the real Implementation of Democracy In Arab countries :- – Education do not support the Democratic model and do not support the work-team in Arab countries . – Many of Muslims in Arab countries have unreal image about Democracy , they are thinking that Democracy is against religion . – Poor people in Arab countries had been put under stress of “hell or paradise” and “Democracy or Islamic Caliphate” by Extremist Religious Discourse . – The Arab-Israeli conflict did not give the chance for Arab leaders to lead new social-political regimes , Arab leaders themselves became under stress all times trying to keep their Personal leadership against Israel and western leaders . – The new communication tools and social media changed minds of people in Arab countries especially Arab youth but they have no enough experiences or enough awareness to lead their countries , Arab youth became protesters but not politicians and Democracy itself needs politicians not protesters . – Global Political Leaders give unlimited support to Israel and do not give enough support to Arab countries , the global media especially the western media use human rights to put Arab leaders under stress all times and to convince Arab people that their Arab leaders are not good and they serve Israel and the western leaders more than their Arab people . – A class of businessmen and officials in Arab countries fight the real implementation of Democracy , they serve their benefits and corruption system . In one word we can say that Arab countries face many complicated threats and obstacles in the same time , to face all of them we must think out of box and improve Education and our media to can face the world and know what we can accept and what we must refuse , we must have our experience improving our social life and our political regime , this need working , time , and mutual confidence not revolution every year , we make a revolution in a second to say we need changing but changing itself will be achieved by working and time and mutual confidence , most of youth and protesters in Arab countries do not evaluate the real meanings of those things yet and this is a new big threat face Arab societies now , finally I wish to clear that Democracy itself is not perfect all times everywhere so we must have our experience and do not import the western model to apply it without studying our different case .
