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This brief study aims at proposing an alternative concept of democracy, i.e., Religious democracy, which may have relevancies for most countries with a Muslim predominant. It is a qualitative study based on existing literature and scholarly work. The findings argue that Islam as a universal religion may have approval to this new concept because Islam offers two perspectives or philosophical ideas, i.e., universal values such as freedom, brotherhood, equality, etc., and particular forms as a formulation towards those values in articulating or socializing Islamic values in either political, economic, social or cultural area, especially among Muslim communities. Thus, Islam as a religion may accommodate the concept of democracy in terms of the context of a subjective democracy, not an objective one. This study has offered useful insights and implications for the countries with Muslim predominant.