A dangerous bend on the road of democracy

... traditional values, commitment to religious norms (including by non-Muslim communities in these countries) and ethics were retained at the heart of these societies. However, the grassroots of societies that were once secular have witnessed a sharp rise in Islamism in the last two decades owing to different circumstances. Religious organizations professing radical methods of struggle and having their own military units came out in the vanguard of the struggle for a large-scale reform. These are primarily ...