I just finished a quick read of The Al Qaeda Reader by Raymond Ibrahim, a former student of Victor Davis Hanson. Most of the book is translations of writings/speeches of bin Laden and al Zawahiri.
al Zawahiri, in particular, makes it clear that democracy is incompatible with Islam. Sharia law is the only option for Muslims -- Allah's word can not be overridden by a vote.
13 posted on 04/06/2008 2:59:59 PM PDT by AZLiberty
(Wipe the national hard drive and reinstall the Constitution.)