Democratizing Muslims
We have been working on this since the end of Ramadan. Three of us, who were part of the Election Committee of our local masjid spent lot of time and brain cells devising ways of conducting the election that will elect the people to run the masjid for 2009.
There were some last minute scares with people questioning the process of absentee ballots and a woman being a candidate for the post of treasurer. We met all challenges head on by hearing the complaints and deliberating over it.
Election went successful because we kept the process transparent from the beginning and listened carefully to all questions and concerns.
Voting results followed no pattern that will suggest that it was voting on ethnic lines or there were some other grouping. It seems people voted for each position independently and looking at the merit of the candidate.
So those who say democracy is not possible among Muslims look at this example and those Muslims who don’t like elections bring me a better system.
There were some last minute scares with people questioning the process of absentee ballots and a woman being a candidate for the post of treasurer. We met all challenges head on by hearing the complaints and deliberating over it.
Election went successful because we kept the process transparent from the beginning and listened carefully to all questions and concerns.
Voting results followed no pattern that will suggest that it was voting on ethnic lines or there were some other grouping. It seems people voted for each position independently and looking at the merit of the candidate.
So those who say democracy is not possible among Muslims look at this example and those Muslims who don’t like elections bring me a better system.
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