Indecisiveness
The so-called Islamic moderate governments do not seem to have the
will and the courage to dodge from their comfy seats to
constitutionally dissolve, the three militant groups of the Muta-we-ah,
Militias and Mujahideen to set their socially and economically
ailing countries along the path of constitutional democracy. They
are prisoners of the CPC and the clerics.
Indonesia is another leading country that finds it difficult to veer
away from the three irregular armies to run its government on the
road to secular democracy. The so-called moderate countries need to
ease their grip on some rigid sectarian laws. To make changes, they
need to redirect their system to proceed along the path of secular
constitutional democracy. Moderate leaders fear immediate backlash
from the CPC (conservative power challengers), who are backed by
religious authorities and fanatical Islamist supporters. For the
moderate leaders, it is a risky venture to disarm irregular armed
bodies that have been formed in the name of Islam for its protection
and expansion.
It usually costs the secular orientated leaders their life. Left
unexposed and unchecked by democratic institutions locally and
internationally, the Islamic governing system takes the shape of
absolutism and legitimises its rule under the guise of false
democracy. It is a system that weighs very heavily on the freedom of
its citizens and indigenous communities. Bribery, nepotism and
corruption become rampant. It is not surprising that the financial
books of most of the Islamic countries are often in the red, with a
deficit in their budget (Pryce-Jones, 1989: pp 225-226, 249;
Committee for the Support of the Saudi Arab Woman: 1991).
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