In my referred responses, I have not, in any way implied that Islam and democracy are synonymous. All that I have pointed out is that if a system of government is developed on the basis of the Qur anic directive of amruhum shooraa baynahum , it would basically be system entailing a democratic spirit. In such a system, all decisions shall be based on consultation. This implies that in all such cases where a unanimous decision cannot be arrived at, the decision of the majority shall prevail. Keeping in view the above explanation, I believe that the Islamic system of government, in its basis, is not very different from Democracy.
Democracy is a system of ruling whereby man is sovereign in legislating laws and systems.
Nevertheless, in case of a state where the majority of the residents are Muslims, such a problem should not arise, provided, of course, that the residents are, indeed, true and practicing Muslims. An Islamic state holds Allah to be the sovereign law giver, not because of any superficial reasons, but simply because of the fact that an Islamic state is the one which comprises of Muslims and a Muslim, by his faith, is one who holds the Almighty to be the supreme law giver, in his individual as well as his collective spheres of life. Thus, the system of an Islamic state may, if the existent terminology is deemed unfit, be termed as a Qur anic Democracy rather than a Constitutional Democracy . It should, however, be remembered that even though a true Muslim, holds the Almighty to be the supreme law giver, in all spheres of his life, yet the fact remains that the interpretation of the divine law, is completely dependent on human understanding of the directives of the Qur an. Differences in understanding and interpretation of Qur anic directives are not uncommon.