Muslim nations are not unique in struggling with democracy

Evidence

Without denying the real difficulties of democracy taking root in the Muslim world, we should assume neither that Muslim nations are unique in wrestling with the full implications of democracy nor that there is something inherently antidemocratic about Islam. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 292

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges the common-sense framing the author himself set up in the previous paragraph — a deliberate pivot the reader may want to track. — connects to: Only about a quarter of Muslim-majority nations have democratic governments — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 291; Concrete data show Muslim-majority nations integrating modernization and pluralism — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 691; Postwar Muslim-majority nations embraced secular nationalism, contra Orientalist claims — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 310

Broader Connections

• Concrete data show Muslim-majority nations integrating modernization and pluralism #corroborates (0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 691
• Only about a quarter of Muslim-majority nations have democratic governments #qualifies (0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 291
• Postwar Muslim-majority nations embraced secular nationalism, contra Orientalist claims #corroborates (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 310