MERITS OF THE MODERN SECULAR STATE

Can Muslims Vote in Elections of the Modern Secular State?

THE WORLD-ORDER TODAY

THE MYSTERY OF THE MODERN SECULAR STATE

MERITS OF THE MODERN SECULAR STATE

The secular state could not have won acceptance amongst Euro-Christian and Euro-Jewish people, or amongst Muslims, had it not camouflaged its Kufr and Shirk with certain obvious merits. What were those merits? The modern secular state emerged in Europe in response to a dominant and oppressive Euro-Christian theocracy and in order to challenge the ‘temporal’ power of the Euro-Christian Church. It challenged the Church when it proclaimed a fresh and exciting new gospel of complete and unfettered intellectual and religious freedom, human rights and religious tolerance for all. It also established the political conditions that preserved peaceful coexistence amongst different religions within the same territory. It thus put an end to all the bloody religious warfare that had plagued Europe for so many centuries.

It also skillfully bribed its way into the bellies and the hearts of mankind through its inventive creativity. It discovered or produced most of that which has been joyfully accepted by mankind, regardless of religious beliefs, as an indispensable necessity of modern life, e.g., electricity, radio, telephone and hand phone, television, computer, aircraft, automobile, fax machine, photocopying technology, etc. etc. Whenever anyone accepted modernity with all its wondrous inventions one also accepted the secular state and the secular way of life. That was no mean achievement!

But these obvious merits of the secular state, some of which also existed in the city-state of Madina established by Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), did not change its basic foundation of Kufr and Shirk. Indeed the modern secular state slowly began to reveal its real hidden agenda of rivalry when it began to wage a relentless war on the religious way of life. As society became secular, fewer and fewer people went to church, and empty churches and synagogues were put on sale to become ‘bingo’ halls. Indeed, religion slowly became a receding force in the new essentially godless secular world.

The democracy of the modern secular state turned out to be a sugar-coated pill of poison. The ‘political’ democracy worked in such a way as to sustain a usurious system of economic oppression and exploitation of the masses (since the economy was based on Riba). Economic oppression was oft-times supplemented by racial and ethnic oppression. The impoverished masses could never wrest real political power from the rich predatory elite, and hence, could never have the power with which to end economic oppression. This was because it was the wealth of precisely that predatory elite that increasingly made the difference between success and failure in expensive electoral campaigns. The new gospel of the modern secular society was that the rich shall inherit the earth. And that is precisely what has happened.

The new Europe proceeded to use its invincible military power and awesome powers of deception to dominate and brainwash non-European humanity. The new godless political philosophy with its godless conception of a sovereign state, exploitative economic system, and corruptive culture, eventually globalised itself. That was no mean achievement!

Western colonial rule was now imposed upon the rest of mankind, including the Muslims, and through this means the new godless political system, based on Kufr and Shirk, was deceptively and subtly introduced. The Ottoman Islamic Caliphate was destroyed. From its ashes emerged the modern godless secular Turkish state. The Dar al-Islam which was established by the Prophet (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) himself in the Arabian peninsula was destroyed, and from its ashes emerged the modern secular State of Saudi Arabia (complete with all the trappings of territorial sovereignty, citizenship etc.) as a client-state of the godless West. Thus the ominous prophecy of Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) was fulfilled. He prophesied that his community (of Muslims) would imitate and follow the Jews and Christians to such an extent that even if they were to go down into a lizard’s hole, his community would do the same.

The result was that the world of Jews, Christians and Muslims entered into a collective trial of all trials (fitnah) and failed miserably in obeying Allah’s command when He ordered:

“Follow what has been sent down unto you by your Lord-God, and follow no Master other than Him. How seldom do you keep this in mind!” (Qur’an, al-’Araf, 7:3)

The new modern secular state devised a system of electoral politics for constituting Parliament, Government and (sometimes) for electing Judges. Citizens of the secular state, regardless of their religious beliefs, voted in democratic elections. Even if the elected government were to be constituted of those who worshipped Satan himself as their Lord and Master, the principle of democratic elections required that Christians, Jews, Muslims, etc., who voted in such elections, were obliged to accept such a government as lawful, legitimate and authorized to rule over them. They were also obliged to submit to its authority and be obedient to it. If the elections were to produce a government dominated by idol-worshipping Hindus who were openly hostile to those who worshipped the God of Abraham (‘alaihi al-Salam), or a government which declared to be Halal (permissible) everything which Allah Most High had declared to be Haram (prohibited), then the principle of democratic elections required that Jews, Christians, Muslims etc., who were citizens of that secular state, must recognize that government as their lawful government, submit to its authority, and be obedient to it.

There is nothing in the revealed scriptures (Torah, Gospel, Qur’an) or the Sunnah (example or way of life) of the Prophets that can be used to justify Jews, Christians, Muslims, etc., participating in such elections in which they freely vote for such a government as lawful to govern over them. On the contrary, there is very clear prohibition of such conduct!

“… nor does He share His Command (i.e., His Sovereignty, Supreme Authority, Governance, Rule, etc.) with anyone whatsoever.” (Qur’an, al-Kahf, 18:26)

“Praise be to Allah (Who) has no partner in His Sovereignty … ” (Qur’an, Banu Israil, 17:111; al-Furqan, 25:2)

The Qur’an also warns those who help in an evil deed that they will share in its burden:
“Whoever recommends and helps a good cause becomes a partner therein: and whoever recommends and helps an evil cause shares in its burden: and Allah hath power over all things.”

(Qur’an, al-Nisa, 4:85)

SHIRK AND KUFR IN THE MODERN SECULAR STATE 

THE CALIPHATE AND THE MODERN SECULAR STATE

QUR’ANIC EXPLANATION FOR THE UNIVERSAL SHIRK OF THE MODERN SECULAR STATE 

ALTERNATIVE TO ELECTORAL POLITICS OF THE MODERN SECULAR STATE 

THE MUSLIM VILLAGE 

CONCLUSION 

Source: Sheikh Imran Hosein 
to be continued . . . .