Looking from the sharia’ perspective, everything in Islam revolves around God. The distinction between ‘ibadat (acts of worship) and ‘adat (civic transactions) is not a division between sacred and secular. There is no church and state in Islam. Many critics of Islam see this as a hindrance to democracy, freedom, civil liberty, modernity, etc. They argue that such a separation is needed for a balance of power. The separation between church and state is considered an axiom in the West. Thou shall not mix sacred and secular.
Well! The Muslim nations did their best to mimic the West (and are still working very hard). It is not a secret that Turkey under M. Kamal adopted “the most progressive” constitution – the Swiss constitution. Most Arab nations adopted the Constitution Francaise and most non-Arab Muslim countries adopted the British Constitution. However, the problem persist – Muslim countries have borrowed a system established on Western values only to find despotism, anarchy, oppression, violence, etc at home. They are neither “democratic” nor “free”.
Nevertheless, these countries do represent a core “Western” value, they function on the basis of separation between the church and the state.
“Aql bari kai bhains!” Good luck folks!
Aide-toi, le ciel t’aidera.
On January - 30 - 2007
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Ibn al-Qayyim said(Rahim Allah): “the Sharía is based and based on the wisdom and the benefit of people on this life and the eternal one. The Sharía is simultaneously justice, mercy, benefits, and wisdom. Any rule that goes of justice to the oppression, of the mercy to its opposing, the benefit to the damage, and of the wisdom to the uselessness, is not of the Sharía, although it is included in the Sharía by interpretation “.
–Nasihah
Posted on January 31st, 2007 at 12:08 am
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