assalamualaikum
I can only see three viable options for the way forward for Pakistan The democratic way, the Economic way, or the Islamic way.
The democratic way
This I believe can not and will not work never in Pakistan or any Muslim country for the simple fact that democracy comes from the capitalist way of life and is a system derived from mans mind which means that man is the sole legislator, democracy is not universal but it is specific meaning that it is linked to a creed, if we look at some examples of democracy in the mother land (u.s.a) we can see that democracy breeds corruption, some years back homosexuality was seen as a disgusting thing even for the kafirs in the west, however because under democracy man is the legislator and man decides what is good and bad, mans needs also change and when his needs change he can bring in or change laws as he pleases so now homosexuality is seen as a good thing in the west and recently the age of consent for homosexuals was reduced, what will happen next, drugs are already legal in some parts of the world and prostitution is legalized through legal brothels, what makes us believe that incest, pedophilia, and other disgusting acts will not be legalized in the future.
How can we believe that democracy is the way forward for Pakistan when the belief of the people is Islam, when the Muslims believe in Islam and the system, which is implemented upon them, contradicts their very belief such a nation will never progress as there is no harmony between the people and the system, so many times Muslims look to the west as to say "look it works in the west maybe we are not implementing true democracy" but the fact is that even in the west democracy is failing its people, and in the west the people are at harmony with democracy because it does not contradict their belief of freedom for all, there is no comparison democracy clearly is forbidden to adopt by the Muslims as the following ayaat of qur'an demonstrates where allah(swt) says "so rule between them by what allah has revealed, and do not follow their whims and desires away from the truth which came to you." [TMQ 5:48]
The Economic way
The economic way is to become a rich nation an eventually this will lead to progress, my view on this is that this is fundamentally floored the reason being is that no matter how much money a nation has if it does not know what direction it is heading it will get taken by a nation which knows exactly which way it is heading, for example lets looks at Saudi Arabia many people say that Saudi is a rich nation it holds most of the worlds oil etc but who really controls the oil in Saudi is it king fahad or George w bush, similarly in Pakistan who really controls the economy general musharaf or the I.M.F and the world bank.
And also not to say that the economy is not based on Islam rather based upon the model capitalist economy with riba etc.
The Islamic way
I do believe that the only way out of from the abyss of hell which Pakistan is in is the Islamic way, but not an Islamic way only in economy or only in personal life's of people but the Islamic way as according to the qur'an and sunnah, and this requires a radical and comprehensive change in the whole system from a democratic wannabe to an Islamic state implementing all aspects of Islam from the political system of Islam, the detailed economic system of Islam, the social system of Islam, the judiciary of Islam, the foreign policy of Islam etc.
But not just as mere words or not just by any means by a method from Islam with detailed evidences and a clear vision of full implementation..
Ws salaamu'alaikum wr wb
Muhammed kauser
(College lecturer)
I can only see three viable options for the way forward for Pakistan The democratic way, the Economic way, or the Islamic way.
The democratic way
This I believe can not and will not work never in Pakistan or any Muslim country for the simple fact that democracy comes from the capitalist way of life and is a system derived from mans mind which means that man is the sole legislator, democracy is not universal but it is specific meaning that it is linked to a creed, if we look at some examples of democracy in the mother land (u.s.a) we can see that democracy breeds corruption, some years back homosexuality was seen as a disgusting thing even for the kafirs in the west, however because under democracy man is the legislator and man decides what is good and bad, mans needs also change and when his needs change he can bring in or change laws as he pleases so now homosexuality is seen as a good thing in the west and recently the age of consent for homosexuals was reduced, what will happen next, drugs are already legal in some parts of the world and prostitution is legalized through legal brothels, what makes us believe that incest, pedophilia, and other disgusting acts will not be legalized in the future.
How can we believe that democracy is the way forward for Pakistan when the belief of the people is Islam, when the Muslims believe in Islam and the system, which is implemented upon them, contradicts their very belief such a nation will never progress as there is no harmony between the people and the system, so many times Muslims look to the west as to say "look it works in the west maybe we are not implementing true democracy" but the fact is that even in the west democracy is failing its people, and in the west the people are at harmony with democracy because it does not contradict their belief of freedom for all, there is no comparison democracy clearly is forbidden to adopt by the Muslims as the following ayaat of qur'an demonstrates where allah(swt) says "so rule between them by what allah has revealed, and do not follow their whims and desires away from the truth which came to you." [TMQ 5:48]
The Economic way
The economic way is to become a rich nation an eventually this will lead to progress, my view on this is that this is fundamentally floored the reason being is that no matter how much money a nation has if it does not know what direction it is heading it will get taken by a nation which knows exactly which way it is heading, for example lets looks at Saudi Arabia many people say that Saudi is a rich nation it holds most of the worlds oil etc but who really controls the oil in Saudi is it king fahad or George w bush, similarly in Pakistan who really controls the economy general musharaf or the I.M.F and the world bank.
And also not to say that the economy is not based on Islam rather based upon the model capitalist economy with riba etc.
The Islamic way
I do believe that the only way out of from the abyss of hell which Pakistan is in is the Islamic way, but not an Islamic way only in economy or only in personal life's of people but the Islamic way as according to the qur'an and sunnah, and this requires a radical and comprehensive change in the whole system from a democratic wannabe to an Islamic state implementing all aspects of Islam from the political system of Islam, the detailed economic system of Islam, the social system of Islam, the judiciary of Islam, the foreign policy of Islam etc.
But not just as mere words or not just by any means by a method from Islam with detailed evidences and a clear vision of full implementation..
Ws salaamu'alaikum wr wb
Muhammed kauser
(College lecturer)
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