"Democracy has been implemented in many different ways around the world. The democratic ideal underlying these diverse practices—that is, the non-oppression of one group by another—is also an Islamic ideal. The basis of the concept of equal citizenship in law is to cherish every human being as a generous being created by God and to respect them as a work of art. Considering all of this, participatory democracy or a republican form of government is more compatible with the spirit of Islam than monarchy or oligarchy."