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"Khilafah on every tongue"

TFTD: In the nineties, it was said that

"Islam has now become a public opinion, and it is now the Ummah’s hope for salvation, and the Khilafah is on everyone’s tongues after having not been so, and establishing it and returning the ruling by Allah’s commands is the wish of all the Muslims."

Q: Assuming this was accurate, what caused this dramatic change?
(Rummani)

"Activity all but ceased"

Guess who said this in 1980?

"… this anxiety and suspense caused the party to busy itself in this business (of seeking nusrah) and consequently it neglected the pursuance of the members in their party activities, which lead to the members being neglectful of their duties, in the hope that the Victory from Allah was near.

"Days turned to months, which turned to years, with nothing tangible in hand, causing doubt and despair amongst some, and apathy and lack of enthusiasm amongst others. Conditions froze, and activity all but ceased."

Accusations

TFTD: Guess who said this in 1980?

"But the party was unsuccessful at this task (of smelting society in its crucible), and a long period passed without the party being able to achieve credible leadership over the localities, or even attracting the real leaders in the areas, and even though the party has already reached Nuqtat-ul-Irtikaaz … it has nevertheless been unsuccessful in achieving what it aimed for until this moment in time."

"Frozen into apathy"

TFTD: In 1978 it was said that

"the Ummah had not responded ... on the contrary the Ummah was frozen into apathy, helplessness and despair after loosing hope in everyone and everything ... to the extent that no livelihood or energy remained within her and nothing could provoke any response from her. ... the apathy, unresponsiveness and despair of the Ummah almost reached the level of total surrender and despair and loss of trust and hope in anyone, to the extent that however hard they try to move her she would not respond or move at all."

Q: Assuming this was accurate at the time, how true is it today?

"Frozen and dead Aqeedah"

TFTD: In 1968 it was said that

"the Aqeedah has lost its relationship to the thoughts of life ... and has become a frozen and dead Aqeedah, devoid of any livelihood, and the Muslims no longer have that sharp motivation to conquer the world and rule by Islam and spread justice ... the Islamic Aqeedah -to even the most religious people- means little more than mere rituals of worship, and establishing the rule of Allah in dominance does not preoccupy them".

Q: Assuming this was accurate at the time, how true is it today?
(Rummani)

"You have sunk low"

TFTD: In 1962, the Muslims were warmly addressed as having "sunk low to the depths of spiritual descent, material & intellectual backwardness and political decline" and told "the Islamic relationships in your society have been completely eradicated and their place has been taken by the Capitalistic relationships, ie the relationships of the systems of Kufr" and that "the bond of Islamic brotherhood between the Islamic peoples has been severed, replaced by the bond of nationalism, ie the bond of tribalism and partisanship".

Q: Assuming this was accurate at the time, how true is it today?

Separation of powers

TFTD: Ma'awiya used the executive power and the armed forces that were under his direct control, to ensure the caliphate remained within his chosen party, and was successful, despite widespread dissent and opposition. Successive generations have done exactly the same, preserving power within their parties, sects and clans, with similar results.

The caliphate has now been replaced (mainly) by republics, where rulers are (in theory at least) appointed and removed by popular vote, but the control of the army by the ruler prevents correct implementation of the constitution in most cases.

There are those today who are calling for a return to the old caliphate system, while opposing (like many before) the forceful securing of bay'ah, but also opposing separation of the powers.

Q: Other than describing it as "haram", what have these groups done to rectify this longstanding problem?

(Originally posted on 09/12/2006)

Free ride

TFTD: Yesterday was a sad day for democracy in Kazahstan. A combination of (alleged) poll-rigging, weak opposition and constitutional laws lead to president Nazarbayev's Nur-Otan party securing 100% of the parliamentary seats, guaranteeing him a free ride with unchallenged policies until 2012.

Q: Although the proposed caliphate will not have a legislative assembly, how can such anomalous results be avoided in the formation of the consultative assembly?

Ruling vs administration

TFTD: In some literature, an important distinction is made between the rulings pertaining to those people in potitions of ruling (hukm) and those in positions of administration (idara) with a state structure. It is implicitly assumed that the nature of the two roles and the differences between them are known and understood.

Q: What exactly is a position of ruling, and how does this differ from an administrative post?
(Rummani)

I've often asked the same question! (from Thunder Asunder)

Did you say "elections"?

TFTD: During the 1292-year history of the Muslim Caliphate, the Caliph was never elected once.

Only the 3rd Caliph was subject to any sort of selection process. The 2nd Caliph was "pre-selected" in the lifetime of the incumbent, and from the 6th Caliph onwards, a form of pre-mature bay'ah preselection process was in place.

Q: Why do the Islamists insist Islam advocates free public elections?
(Rummani)