Abraham had the promise - but he could not see where it would lead eventually. But it would be good! If the uneducated masses in Pakistan [along with al qaeda] were to understand that democracy is the result of the one continuous divine revelation that started with Abraham [and not some devilish plan concocted by the west to serve its own purposes] the scene would be set for the benefits of democracy to be shared by East & West alike, for the Christian & Muslim to see one another as brothers and for the hate & blame to melt away as baseless. For God's sake!!! We are not two alien streams of humanity: we belong to the same story.