Ali from Free Iraqi made a post over a week ago with his thoughts on if Islam is compatible with democracy; or any religion for that matter.

To begin with I must say I have a problem with the question itself and to clarify this problem in short, I’ll instead ask this question: Is Christianity compatible with democracy? Or is Judaism compatible with democracy?
Before anyone starts yelling at me I would like to provide my answers. I think that one can answer both questions with “yes” and “no”.
“Yes” if we consider western societies as Christian societies and “no” if that means that there’s no need for separation of the church from the state.

A very interesting view given his vantage point in the world.

We don’t need to democratize Islam, as it wasn’t possible with any other religion. We simply need to separate the mosque from the state, and that could be done violently or peacefully depending on the place and the circumstances. So the right question in my mind is, can we separate the mosque from the state? I for one believe it’s very possible, especially in Iraq.

I agree with his points.