Democracy does not just happen, nor is its spread inevitable. The Economist’s Democracy Index 2017 white paper reported that the average democracy score fell from 5.52 in 2016 to 5.48 in 2017 (on a scale of 0 to 10).44 As Islam continues to spread in the coming decades, we cannot assume that democracy will not see further decline. To hatch and survive, democracy must be nested in the right philosophical foundations.
