Islamists express a frank and deep disdain for popular sovereignty
The Islamist movement is inherently anti-democratic. Islamists believe in divine sovereignty and express a frank and deep disdain for popular sovereignty: a free man is one who obeys Allah's rules and orders and worships God alone. Democracy gives people the power to ignore the laws of Islam.

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Islamists express a frank and deep disdain for popular sovereignty
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