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Reformist current that reinterprets Islam in light of reason, human rights and pluralism, advocating democracy, gender equality, a non-confessional state and freedom of conscience, in Muhammad Abduh's modernist tradition.
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I want to live my Islamic faith with reason and freedom, in a democratic, non-confessional state that ensures equality between men and women.
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Leans further toward globalism than 76% of the 273 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Trade is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Mayor of New York City and Uganda-born democratic socialist, Mamdani champions rent freezes, city-owned grocery stores, free buses, and sanctuary-city protections for immigrants, while moderating in office by keeping the police commissioner in place.
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The world's largest Muslim country, Indonesia is a democratic presidential archipelagic republic, with an expanding market economy, great ethnic and religious diversity, and growing regional weight in Southeast Asia.
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A European semi-presidential republic, Portugal combines consolidated democracy, a market economy integrated into the European Union, a moderate welfare state, low institutional conflict, secularized Catholic heritage, and strong Atlantic openness.
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Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
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Closest within Center
Current of Brazil's PSDB, founded in 1988 by Covas, Montoro and Cardoso, joining a market economy, social state, state reform and fiscal responsibility with parliamentarism and moderation on social issues.
Centrist branch that accepts the market economy but prioritizes social protection, public services, gradual reforms, and institutional consensus to reduce inequality without political rupture or permanent polarization.
Centrist branch that prioritizes sustainability, gradual energy transition, environmental regulation, and technological prudence, seeking to reconcile climate protection, markets, and democratic institutions without anti-capitalist rupture.
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Branch that combines individual freedoms with strong state action to guarantee welfare, education, and healthcare, defending equal opportunity and social security within the market economy.
Scandinavian model combining tripartite collective bargaining among unions, employers and the state, a universalist welfare state funded by high taxes, and an open, export-driven market economy, with strong social consensus and low inequality.
Liberal current that accepts an active role for the state in the economy and in guaranteeing rights, combining individual freedoms and markets with regulation and public policies aimed at the collective good and equality.
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Stalinist SocialismRadical Left31%
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