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@Zarvan, I appreciate you thanking my post, but brother you are one of those people who spread the story that democracy is not for Muslims and that it is against Islam. I have argued in the past and I shall keep arguing in the future against this oft-repeated opinion held by Mullahs who know that democracy shall come at the cost of their support from masses. What they do not see is that the positive changes will be immensely favorable to Muslims all around the world and help us establish peace. Their rhetoric is deeply flawed in itself.
We have been on opposing sides in this matter and I suspect your support is not for democracy in Egypt, but for Mursi in view of his Islamist background.
While one can describe an Islamist as someone who hopes to use politics in establishing Islamic government. There is a further division, and it is increasingly important.
There are Islamists who wish to ignore democracy and establish an Islamist government. The said government could be dictatorship with an appointed assembly ala secular dictatorships in Arab world, or an Oligarchy with a small number of people holding power. And then there are those who wish to establish democracy in order to have an Islamic oriented government. This latter variety of Islamists believe that with constitutional safeguards, democracy is the best bet in establishing a stable system of governance that is open, transparent, and effective in today's world. You my friend (seems to me) belong to the former group, while I am firmly in the latter group. There is a lot of confusion out there and I suppose I could write a book on this issue.
Do not misunderstand me. You are my brother and I love you, but your stance seems to be a cause of instability in today's and future Islamic world. Sorry if you dislike my saying things like this, and I hope I am wrong about you. But this is the way I see it.
Muslim Brotherhood also have some close ties with Pakistani Jamaat-i-Islami.
What is happening is Egypt is absolutely in-human, what is even more disgusting is countries like Saudia Arabia and UAE (both Muslim states) supporting the violence against innocent people.
@Zarvan, I appreciate you thanking my post, but brother you are one of those people who spread the story that democracy is not for Muslims and that it is against Islam. I have argued in the past and I shall keep arguing in the future against this oft-repeated opinion held by Mullahs who know that democracy shall come at the cost of their support from masses. What they do not see is that the positive changes will be immensely favorable to Muslims all around the world and help us establish peace. Their rhetoric is deeply flawed in itself.
We have been on opposing sides in this matter and I suspect your support is not for democracy in Egypt, but for Mursi in view of his Islamist background.
While one can describe an Islamist as someone who hopes to use politics in establishing Islamic government. There is a further division, and it is increasingly important.
There are Islamists who wish to ignore democracy and establish an Islamist government. The said government could be dictatorship with an appointed assembly ala secular dictatorships in Arab world, or an Oligarchy with a small number of people holding power. And then there are those who wish to establish democracy in order to have an Islamic oriented government. This latter variety of Islamists believe that with constitutional safeguards, democracy is the best bet in establishing a stable system of governance that is open, transparent, and effective in today's world. You my friend (seems to me) belong to the former group, while I am firmly in the latter group. There is a lot of confusion out there and I suppose I could write a book on this issue.
Do not misunderstand me. You are my brother and I love you, but your stance seems to be a cause of instability in today's and future Islamic world. Sorry if you dislike my saying things like this, and I hope I am wrong about you. But this is the way I see it.
Democracy is in contradiction with Islam its rules are in complete contradiction with Islam as Muslims we can't follow democracy
Democracy is in contradiction with Islam its rules are in complete contradiction with Islam as Muslims we can't follow democracy
Give it whatever name you like in that case, call it The Islamic Emirate Kingdom of Arabistan.
This model worked in 9th century.
It doesn't work in the 21st century.
A monarchy with the divine right to do whatever the hell they want does not work with a population who have access to the internet, tv, radio and newspapers.
Strongly disagree. Very strongly disagree.
I can quote Quran and Hadith in support of a mature democratic system in opposition to kingship / dictatorship / plutocracy. By calling a system of Kufr as Khilafah does not make it Halal. Kingship is close to Kufr and democracy is close to Islam.
The Arabs of that epoch were not equal to the task of governing themselves and the world according to Quran & Sunnah. Even Sahabah (R.A.) went wrong in politics when some of them indirectly supported establishment of kingship. The horror that followed showed that the system of indirectly elected Khilafah could not work in that environment when there was not institutional setup to support it. As @Zarvan about the horror wrought in Madinah when Yazid's army plundered it. The bastard called himself Khalifah. I am not even talking about Karbalah. The memory of that event is too painful to even contemplate.
@Zarvan, what was the whole of Yazid's short reign about? Can you shed some light on its history, and say something about those who supported it? Was that 'Islamic' in your view?
Suppose there were elections, could ever a person like Yazid win? Or someone like Imam Hussain (R.A.) lose?