[papertyger]

...Muslim fundamentalists will be restrained in their wild, human-rights violating interpretations as they use the Quran to build their Islamic laws on top of that human rights base.

At first blush, it seems to me you're hoping they can fit a square peg in a round hole. Are there any historical precedents you can think of? (excluding benign authoritarinists which wouldn't be relevant to the question)

[antiRepublicrat]

Are there any historical precedents you can think of?

None. But I think it's possible. Democracy was a crazy experiment once.