Which of the following factors is believed to be the cause of the persistence of nondemocracy in the Arab world, according to the geopolitical perspective?
A. the fact that the Koran does not stipulate the separation of religion and politics
B. the fact that there are multiple schools of Islamic law with different notions
regarding democracy
C. the fact that female subordination characterizes a high proportion of women in the
Islamic countries
D. the fact that a primordial link exists between Islam and non-democracy
E. the fact that Western democracies prefer the non-democratic stability in the Arab
world as it ensures access to oil
E
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A) George W. Bush. B) Kay Bailey Hutchinson. C) Ann Richards. D) Bill Clements.
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