The survey has highlighted the contradiction that exist in Pakistan. It is this contradiction that is a major problem for many Islamic countries and the process of democratization on which the US places such a high emphasis . On one hand there is a very high % of people that beleive that Shariat Law should be implemneted and there is an equally large % that beleives that Talibanization is to be avoided. "Talibanism" is a extremely stict implementation of the Shariat law. Can we therefore claim that Pakistan is in favour of a milder Talibanization? No one can object to an Islamic population's desire to adhere to Shariat . It is their right and forms an intergral part of their faith. It would be foolhardy for the West to suggest otherwise. The ball probabaly lies in the court of Islamic scholars who would need to revisit the Shariat lawa and reinterpret them in light of the realities of modern times . Reinterpret would be the word since otherwise that faith is equally strict on the importance of making no attempt to reject anything that the Koran states. America's beleive that democrasy would make Muslim nations move closer to America is a falacy that this survey has exposed . It also explains why the US that makes right noises on the issue of democrasy, ends up backing dictatorships in many Islamic countries. Pakstan may stand at crossroads but there is still mcuh cuase for hope .
