The 2001 Freedom House Survey: Muslim Countries and the Democracy Gap

In hotly contested parliamentary elections, candidates supportive of President Khatami’s reforms won an overwhelming victory.

The incentives created by competitive elections in a number of Muslim-majority countries are fueling a political trend that roughly resembles the rise of Christian Democracy in twentieth-century Europe

In a year marked by escalating terrorism, the use of more brutal repression by authoritarian regimes, and Russia’s annexation of a neighboring country’s territory, the state of freedom worsened significantly…