The End of Democracy [Paperback]

Democracy has failed and it has been used and abused, particularly following 9/11. Democracy has been undermined by a minority ruling elite to curtail civil liberties and mislead the public at home, whilst waging wars of domination abroad. The author argues that since the positive aspects of democracy are part of Islam, thereby undermining the case that Islam is incompatible with democracy, it will be Islam that will ultimately challenge and triumph over liberal democracy as we know it.

Human beings have been subject to centuries of failed governing mechanisms, such as empires, monarchies and dictatorships. In the twentieth century, Fascism and Communism wrought havoc and caused bloody wars and repression on a monumental scale.

The dawn of the 21st century has led into a new age of wars. This time – for the establishment of so-called democracy and freedom. Many proponents of democracy believe only in brute force and a constant need for pre-emptive wars for "liberating" others and imposing "democratic" models for others to emulate. This approach has caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people so far.

Has democracy really achieved what is needed for human governance or have some of its finer principles been exploited to make contemporary democracy worse than the bloody ideologies of the past? This book provides answers to these questions and takes readers through the basic requirements of human nature and the kind of governing system for addressing the so far ignored human needs for a peaceful coexistence.

The book shows how exploitation of democracy leads to the continuation of a culture of violence, descended from the dictatorial attempts to fully dominate people as subjects; and how it operates to rely on a philosophy completely at odds with human nature and its quest for justice. The book looks into a system that best addresses all human needs and weaknesses.

In reading this book, one will come to recognize the sources, the features and the methods of contemporary governance systems, which have brought great suffering upon humankind in the name of freedom and liberty. The reader will also learn how imperfect governance mechanisms can be avoided, as they continue to shed blood, suppress more and more people, and prepare to spill still more blood, and how the world can be freed from the ideology of savagery with some fine tuning for real tolerance. A few required plug-ins in contemporary democracy, may lead to develop a perfect governing mechanism and reach the real end of history.