Some Muslim groups or individuals are bound to believe that they and they alone are right and those who disagree with them are wrong, however they have no religious basis to this claim other than their own convictions. Democracy means that the majority rules and that the rights of the minority are protected. Therefore a holder of a minority opinion does not feel threatened on account of his or her opinion, and each minority opinion has hopes of becoming the majority using open dialogue and persuasion. Democracy is not a perfect system but it offers the best type of government that can solve the real problems and address the real needs of the people. Democracy is not an ideal, it is an instrument to achieve a higher goal which is justice, peace, equality, and rule of law.
Democracy is an old concept.
It was not invented in the West nor is it tied to any particular civilization or culture. The concept is at least 3,000 years old, and has evolved in several stages to become what it is today. Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists lived and prospered under Islamic rule for almost 14 centuries in North Africa, Spain, the Middle East, central and southeast Asia. Even in Europe, until a few hundred years ago, if the King changes his religion from Protestant to Catholic, everyone had to follow or face persecution. Yet, the concept that people should be free to choose their religion had been practiced in the Muslim world for more than a thousand years.