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That is second bi-product of following without understanding..
Unfortunately this is where most Khilafat followers shoot themselves in the foot...which MB was trying to put on.. by identifying all those that question Khilafat as secular... good to know that I was able to extract such a response.
Its not about the belief in Khilafat.. its about the conditions for it.
The Islamic Khilafat was introduced during medina..where Muslims were ruled justly by acclaimed leadership.
That is not the case here.. point one.
The Khilafat existed as a focal point for uniformity in Islam.. which by the time of the end of the Ottoman Empire(and the lame duck Khalifa or if he even deserved that title) had disappeared.
The Khalifa must be sworn alligence to by all.. but in today's fractured society.. where there are deep fissures within Islam itself. How does one expect people to swear an oath to an individual who may not agree with their teachings on Islam?
The khalifa is supposed to be elected by a council of Muttaqi's.. how do you find a Muttaqi in todays hypocritical times...when testimonies can be bought and pretenders roam the streets?
Unfortunately.. the last Paigham-e-Khilafat bearer..Muhd bin Qasim I think.. could not convince me with a detailed answer to this..
Now here is the bomb.. I too wish for Khilafat.. a leadership that bases its decisions on the teachings in the Quran and the example of the Prophet and his companions.
What I do not agree to ..is this rushed..desperate method of bringing it in.
It will lead to disaster.
Currently Islam is torn apart from the inside.. and trying to appoint a common political leadership is folly when you cannot even appoint a common religious one.
It is imperative that first and foremost, a concentrated attempt is made to research all we can about our religion, its history.. and lessons from it. Then work at a war pace to patch up , amend and preach against differences and fight against all forces bent on takrifism or those on a crusade of branding every other thing Shirk and Bidah.
You dont need forces conversions, you need to highlight common ground.. and convince people to understand their religion.. and then decide.. They will automatically start to unite.
Then you may introduce a new political system to govern a unified religious one.
I would like to ask a naive question. Why should religion be a factor to form a political union?