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Emulating the Jewish religious zealots has become the present mode of thinking of many adherents of Islam like the mushrooming Takfiri Jihadists.
A debate is raging in some Arab countries on whether a Caliphate State is the proper form of government that should be established. We need first to examine whether Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) established an Islamic religious state as claimed by those advocating the politicisation of Islam and the type of state that He had established, if we, Arabs or Muslims, decide to create a similar one.
Islam completely prohibits the establishment of any human Islamic religious authority, whatsoever, which judges who is faithful, who is blasphemer and what ishalal (legal for Muslims) and what is haram (illegal). Other religions permit the establishment of priesthood that decides and judges others on issues of faith, but not Islam, according to the Quran. The reason is that God, only, the most high, is the Islamic religious authority who judges who is faithful and who is a blasphemer and the Quran has covered everything that is considered haram. God’s judgement is a deferred judgement to be made on “the day of judgement” and there is no need for a mortal being to judge what is haram or halal, sneaking a religious authority from the back door, which is absolutely prohibited in Islam.
Priesthood is absolutely forbidden in Islam, which logically makes the …continue reading at gulfnews.com
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