I too believe in certain principles, why else do you think I spend my precious time teaching religious tolerance on the Internet?Originally Posted by Suhaib Jobst
However, I try to use a cold analytical mind when it comes to these things, always trying to separate what can be done from what can’t be done. Your desire to serve a great cause is commendable, but it is partly clouding your judgment.
Always remember that road to Hell is paved with good intentions. In your desire to do good, you might actually create a monster. If you do a little research, you will se that my username on this forum is a warning against exactly this.
I do not struggle for the best society, but I struggle for the best society possible under the circumstances. I think that we already have such society in Europe, but we must continue to improve it.
When I was a child in a communist country they tried very hard to teach us benefits of unity, sharing, common property over means of production, etc. Government believed that by proper education of new generations it can suppress man’s natural selfishness and create a new world of brotherhood and equality.But we, who struggle for an Islamic revival, concentrate on the roots. We recognize the important of cultivating a proper Islamic attitude and ethos before power is attained in the Muslim countries. The da'wah and tarbiyah (education) is nearly as important as Jihad in remedying the situation of the Muslim countries.
Needless to say, their efforts failed. Not because they didn’t try hard enough, but because of practical limitations. A man is simply not a bee or an ant to put interest of a community over his own.
So, do not put too much faith that proper education can change human nature.
First usurpation happened after Muhamed’s death, causing suni-shia schism, correct? Usurpations and divisions continued after that, casting a long shadow over “perfection” of “divine state”. Your perfect system is fundamentally flawed and has more holes than Swiss cheese which allow for all sorts of abuse.When the proper Islamic ethos held sway over the lands, there was complete peace and no dispute in leadership. I refer specifically to the first four caliphs, during which there were no usurpation of power, because the vast majority of the community accepted them as the leaders. We Muslims who call for a return to Qur'an and Sunnah, seek to remedy the situation at the grassroots and intellectual level.
Public support is very easy to get once you get control over the media and every government tries to control the media to greater or smaller extent. And again, public influenced by media decides members of Shura. Dictators always try to control media before anything else.An Islamic state would make sure there is no monopoly like the corporate control of the mass media here in the West. There is nothing in Islam to oppose the idea of removing the leader once he acts in such a manner.
It is my understanding that the community would decide the members of the Shura. The community has to agree upon such leaders and fully give them the bay'ah.
Remember, Hitler was fairly elected, Mussolini too. But once they got control of the media and consolidated their power, they started to slowly eliminate democratic institutions one at a time. In the end, there was no way to peacefully end their rule.
We in Serbia actually elected our dictator by our own free will because he promised us economic progress, modernization and end of communist practices. Instead he stole from his people and gave us wars and poverty. We couldn’t remove him later, because he had control over media, police and army, and he cheated on the elections. It is actually very hard to spot a rotten apple. About third of population never did, staying loyal to the dictator until he died.
You must also understand one fundamental principle – power corrupts. The greater the power, the greater the corruption.
We do not allow our presidents to have more than two mandates because we know that power would corrupt them over time. And you are actually asking for society that places almost absolute power in the hands of just one man for his entire life.
In order to be able to discuss Islamic economy with you, I would need to research these matters more and I simply do not have time for something like that. From the little I know, I can see that traditional Islamic economy has serious shortcomings, but this should be explained to you by someone who understands these things better than me.Likewise, the claim about interest is merely the result of decades of propaganda. The only reason it would not work now is due to the reliance the world economy has on usury. There are certain groups of people who have instituted this system for their own benefit.

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