Monarchic and theocratic systems have both failed.

Iran s theocratic regime appears more confident than ever.

A second referendum in December 1979 approved a theocratic constitution.

The same is true of the semi theocratic regime in Iran.

Ironically, it seems that theocratic theory in Iran has led to anti theocracy.

Indeed, the issue that now lies at Pakistan s core is whether it can become a theocratic state.

Today, parts of the ruling Ba ath elite worry about Syria s deepening alliance with theocratic Iran and Islamist Hezbollah.

Despite many years of rule by a theocratic establishment (or perhaps because of it), Iranian minds remain open and engaged.

In Pakistan, the extremist now wears Islamic garb, and stands for the Creator, for faith, and for a theocratic order.

It's not just our government that is theocratic, but our whole society it's a society of male and female clerics...

The fact of the matter is that such expeditions would not be possible without the blessing of the theocratic regime.

Under a theocratic system of government, like that of Saudi Arabia, the lines that separate the religious from the political are blurred.

In his book Islam and the Destiny of Man, Gai Eaton put the matter with elegant precision Islamic society is theocentric not theocratic.

The first, Eaton writes, is an ideological proposition that has never materialized in Muslim history because no Muslim state has even been theocratic.

He joins John Kerry in an awkward push to convince international banks that doing business with a theocratic dictatorship is in the interest of everyone.

Family structures of one married couple and their children were present in Western Europe and New England in the 17th century, influenced by church and theocratic governments.

In promoting democracy, liberals reject the argument used by today s rulers that the first free election would be the last, because Islamists would win and establish theocratic regimes.

And the dream of regime change in Tehran would not come true, either rather, Iran s democratic opposition would pay a high price, and the theocratic regime would only become stronger.

Instead of creating an atmosphere conducive to an Iranian Gandhi, they unwittingly helped usher into power Ayatollah Khomeini and a theocratic regime less tolerant than the one they helped unseat.

The second scenario is an Islamist regime Morsi negotiates with SCAF a transition to civilian rule Islamists continue to dominate a restored parliament and the new constitution establishes a theocratic state.

Protests in Ireland have put Prime Minister Enda Kenny on the spot, with activists there, like those in India, arguing that Halappanavar died because of a theocratic approach to health care.

Thus, the electorate also made it clear that it no longer wanted the military involved in domestic politics, rejecting the generals warnings that the AKP would lead the country into the darkness of theocratic rule.

Iran s theocratic mullahs allowed the election of Hassan Rowhani, a man who announced in his first speech as President elect that his victory is the victory of wisdom, moderation, and awareness over fanaticism and bad behavior.

Given that Egypt and Turkey are two of the three most populous countries of Islam s historic core (the third is theocratic Iran), one might infer that their ongoing difficulties have destroyed any prospect of reconciling political Islam with pluralist democracy.

PRINCETON To Western eyes, Middle East politics have again been stood on their head. Iran s theocratic mullahs allowed the election of Hassan Rowhani, a man who announced in his first speech as President elect that his victory is the victory of wisdom, moderation, and awareness over fanaticism and bad behavior.