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The essence of democracy is related to the right of legislation. The Greek words Demos and Cratus mean people and power. Therefore In the democratic system sovereignty and the right to legislate lies in the hands of human beings. Yes the Democratic systems also covers issues related to selection of a ruler and accountability but the essence of Democracy is that people have the right to legislate. In Islam we are informed in the Quran that sovereignty and the right to legislate is Allah SWTs alone. Our role is to implement Islam via the Khilafat system, not legislate. Granted the Islamic system also allows us to choose our rulers and makes it a duty to account them.
It is no wonder that there is so much corruption in the world since the democratic system elevates man to the status of a King and allows him to legislate. This corrupt political culture also exists in the beacons of democracy in the West, the difference being that its manifestation is usually much more subtle. Being born and raised in the UK I have ample examples. Just to name a few there are numerous cases of Members of Parliament (MPs) filing irregular expense claims mounting to tens of thousands and sometimes hundreds of thousands of pounds. MPs regularly vote themselves massive pay increases above the rate of inflation, whilst freezing or minimising pay rises for Govt workers under the pretext of tightening Govt. expenditure. It is a well known fact MPs rarely represent their electorate when push comes to shove as loyalties can be purchased by large companies.
This attitude is a symptom and endemic within the democratic system, as it makes man sovereign where he legislates and makes laws for other human beings all be it through the Parliament. When you elevate him to the position of a King he behaves like one as can be seen openly in our system, after all a famed American journalist, H.L. Mencken (1880 1956), said A good politician under democracy is quite unthinkable as an honest burglar.
This criminal political culture will not change with the democratic system, but needs a fresh outlook and culture. A culture similar to what the Muslims had in the past. A culture, which does not view leadership as a business venture with an initial investment but a culture which views leadership as being servants that are accountable to the people, but more importantly to ones Creator. With this in mind one fears being a leader and does not seek it, can one imagine standing in front of your Creator and having to justify the spending of every single rupee. This attitude and political culture of fearing positions of power was best nurtured by the Islamic ruling system the Khilafah. Take the example of the Khalif Omer Ibn Abdul Aziz, who use to keep a personal candle along with the candle allotted to him from state funds. If some one came to discuss a personal issue he would extinguish the govt. candle and light his personal candle. He feared being accounted by his Creator on how he used a small piece of thread and a few drops of wax, imagine his immense fear when using govt. funds and property. Compare this with the attitude of our leaders who openly plunder govt. funds without a fear in the World and the Western leaders who use more subtle methods.
Other Quotes:
H. L. Mencken:
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and .
Thomas Jefferson:
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
The essence of democracy is related to the right of legislation. The Greek words Demos and Cratus mean people and power. Therefore In the democratic system sovereignty and the right to legislate lies in the hands of human beings. Yes the Democratic systems also covers issues related to selection of a ruler and accountability but the essence of Democracy is that people have the right to legislate. In Islam we are informed in the Quran that sovereignty and the right to legislate is Allah SWTs alone. Our role is to implement Islam via the Khilafat system, not legislate. Granted the Islamic system also allows us to choose our rulers and makes it a duty to account them.
It is no wonder that there is so much corruption in the world since the democratic system elevates man to the status of a King and allows him to legislate. This corrupt political culture also exists in the beacons of democracy in the West, the difference being that its manifestation is usually much more subtle. Being born and raised in the UK I have ample examples. Just to name a few there are numerous cases of Members of Parliament (MPs) filing irregular expense claims mounting to tens of thousands and sometimes hundreds of thousands of pounds. MPs regularly vote themselves massive pay increases above the rate of inflation, whilst freezing or minimising pay rises for Govt workers under the pretext of tightening Govt. expenditure. It is a well known fact MPs rarely represent their electorate when push comes to shove as loyalties can be purchased by large companies.
This attitude is a symptom and endemic within the democratic system, as it makes man sovereign where he legislates and makes laws for other human beings all be it through the Parliament. When you elevate him to the position of a King he behaves like one as can be seen openly in our system, after all a famed American journalist, H.L. Mencken (1880 1956), said A good politician under democracy is quite unthinkable as an honest burglar.
This criminal political culture will not change with the democratic system, but needs a fresh outlook and culture. A culture similar to what the Muslims had in the past. A culture, which does not view leadership as a business venture with an initial investment but a culture which views leadership as being servants that are accountable to the people, but more importantly to ones Creator. With this in mind one fears being a leader and does not seek it, can one imagine standing in front of your Creator and having to justify the spending of every single rupee. This attitude and political culture of fearing positions of power was best nurtured by the Islamic ruling system the Khilafah. Take the example of the Khalif Omer Ibn Abdul Aziz, who use to keep a personal candle along with the candle allotted to him from state funds. If some one came to discuss a personal issue he would extinguish the govt. candle and light his personal candle. He feared being accounted by his Creator on how he used a small piece of thread and a few drops of wax, imagine his immense fear when using govt. funds and property. Compare this with the attitude of our leaders who openly plunder govt. funds without a fear in the World and the Western leaders who use more subtle methods.
Other Quotes:
H. L. Mencken:
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and .
Thomas Jefferson:
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
