Source: TOI on Line
Having swept aside autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia, broken Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s hold over Libya and increasingly heaped pressure on the incumbent regimes in Yemen and Syria, the pro-democracy revolution of the Arab Spring has marked a political watershed in the Arab world. No longer is the Arab street willing to accept a social contract with governments that does not factor in aspirations for democratic freedom. As they take their first steps, an unprecedented debate is underway to define the nature and contours of the new democracies, as well as the role that religion will play in them.
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