Islam and democracy should always remain in inverted comas. The
primary question here if the so called notion that Islam is a complete
code of life is practicable in the contemporary times. The mullah
version of an Islamic state is nothing but a mirage because it was
never practiced nor a state can be run in purely theological terms. A
state is not a mosque in all practical sense. A state is a combination
of many complex issues which needs diverse pragmatic handling not
religious. The problem with Islam is that it does not believe in
transformation which is an integral part of human nature. The demand
of an Islamic theological state is unique as you can't find another
example in any other faith. The western Christian nations does not
allow the church to interfere in the matters of the state, the BJP of
Indian Hindu nationalistic party never said that they want to
establish a Hindu religious state nor the Jewish state of Israel never
said the state will be ruled as per the Torah.
This obsession of an Islamic state by some dogmatic Muslim clerics is
dangerous because the brew of religion and politics is always lethal.
There are many Muslims who sincerely believe that Taliban Afghanistan
was a purist Islamic state which was overthrown by the United States.
Did the Taliban established democracy under their rules? In all
practical sense Afghanistan pushed to the middle ages in the midst of
21st century. To tell the truth Islam and democracy can't co exist
because Islam does not believe in pluralism. It will be an over
expectation that this so called Arab Spring will be able to bring true
democracy in the Arab world. The Arabs are still tagged to the past
and the mullahs will take full advantage of this frustration because
in the Arab world there is no infrastructure for modern democracy.
There is an obvious vacuum of a modern humanist psychology and mindset
which is allowing the Arab world to view the bloody atrocities
unleashed by the Arab tyrants. This is a serious flaw in Islam which
boasts of compassion and enlightenment.
Akbar Hussain
Toronto
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