12-29-2007, 11:07 PM
@ M. Amir
Democracy, what you refer to as JAMHURIAT, neither is unislamic nor is a 'product' of the west.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
The above-mentioned definition shows that democracy entitles a person to the freedom of speech, action and grants him/her the legitimate right to chose his/her representative cum leader and in my view this is not contrary to the Islamic laws; instead this is what had been practiced by the Muslim rulers of the era that came to be known as the golden era of the Muslims. They used to take consent of the public in the form of âBaitâ and now it has taken the form of âvoteâ. So what do you find unislamic about it?
If you go into the depth of the concepts/ideologies preached by the west; youâll come to know that these ideologies were indeed laid down by the Muslims and were later on adopted by our nations with slight modifications.
So in my view Islam supports democracy!!! Am I right???
Democracy, what you refer to as JAMHURIAT, neither is unislamic nor is a 'product' of the west.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
The above-mentioned definition shows that democracy entitles a person to the freedom of speech, action and grants him/her the legitimate right to chose his/her representative cum leader and in my view this is not contrary to the Islamic laws; instead this is what had been practiced by the Muslim rulers of the era that came to be known as the golden era of the Muslims. They used to take consent of the public in the form of âBaitâ and now it has taken the form of âvoteâ. So what do you find unislamic about it?
If you go into the depth of the concepts/ideologies preached by the west; youâll come to know that these ideologies were indeed laid down by the Muslims and were later on adopted by our nations with slight modifications.
So in my view Islam supports democracy!!! Am I right???
