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Democracy in the current world is spreading very fast even entering into the countries that was against it in the past like china and Serbia, but Arab countries have refused to accept democracy. The Arab leaders have continued with their dictatorship even as many countries accept democracies. Most of this Arab leaders gain power through killing their predecessors and they end up running the risk of being eliminated also. For example, leaders like Gamal Nasser, Anwar Sadat, and King Hassan II gain power through violence and once in power they have all escaped several assassination and Sadat end up being a victim.

In countries where democracies has taken root, fighting for power has been replaced by voting, but in Arab countries that has embrace democracy, elections are always ricked by the dictators and make the people believe that they have won. In Arab countries where democracy does not exist, they believe that democracy is not compatible with the Islam religion. The democracy that exists in some few Arab countries that believe in democracy is just a theory but it is not there in practical. Corruption and dictatorship goes together since in their institution, promotion is provided only for the rich, highest ranking and best paid jobs are offered to few known individuals who are loyal to their leader.

Tunisia and morocco are well known in human rights violation. For instance, in a human rights meeting that was held in Tunisia, morocco deny the human rights watchdogs to attend the meetings by confiscating they passports. Those who want to speak out about dictatorship in Tunisia have been discredited and dishonored and if you come up with a slight diversion of opinion against the government you will be disposed. The people’s brains have thus been weakened, emptied of all principles, thoughts and desires.

The intellectuals who remain defiant from the rules are silence in the name of respecting Islamic culture. These governments set up good government structures operating under different designations, this will be used to filter all what is heard, seen, read, and written within the country. These dictators view information as an enemy, all information coming from abroad into the country through internet are censored. Some like Saudi Arabia have resorted to limiting the number of internet subscribers, Iraq and Libya are not connected to the World Wide Web, and Syria which was connected has blocked the site.

These dictators use power to enrich themselves leaving the population poor, according to the recent statistics on the 10 wealthiest head of states, 7 out of 10 was found to be Arab leaders. Even with the current financial crisis they continue to enrich themselves. Research has shown that corruption gave rise to Islamism in Arabia, Saudi Arabia and Algeria. Due to how they handle leadership, they feel so in secured such that they spend billions of money in buying military weapons, they also get involved in purchases deals such that for any purchase of military weapons, the royal family receive 30-40% commission, for example, a country like France spend 4% of their GDP in the military while Saudi Arabia spend 30% of their GDP in military.

These dictators believe all the laws are in their side. Though repression, every citizen have been made to applaud the leader. When these countries gain independence, the people were told that they are now citizens not the subjects, this caused a stir in mid 20th century, but these were not to be due to dictatorship. Most of these countries relies on food from foreign countries. Those with money invest abroad hence they end up exporting work and importing unemployment.