QURANIC STATE AFFAIRS ====================== THE POSITION OF NON MUSLIMS IN AN ISLAMIC STATE.(2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C/F (3:118)Lo! Do not take them as your friends; even if you do it, they will never befriend you, although you believe in all the Books (yours and theirs). (Such a stance of yours is exhibited with the sincerity of your hearts, but their plight is such that:) When they meet you they say, We believe (in your ideology) but when they leave you, they bite the very tips of their fingers in their rage against you. Say: Perish in your rage: Allah knows well (What you do openly and) what is hidden in your hearts. The psychological strife with in yourself and your double dealing shall become the very source of your destruction.: To explain it further it is said: (3:119) O you who believe! Comprehend this truth that according to Divine Code the differentiation between friends and foes shall not be based on heredity and family relationship but instead on the common concept of life. Thus even if your fathers and your brothers like infidelity better than belief, you do not take them as your friends. Look! If after this warning anybody befriends them, he shall do wrong only to himself. This shall be tantamount to rebellion against the Divine Laws. This matter is of such a great importance that it is said: (9:24)Say: If your fathers and your sons and your brethren and your wives and your kinsfolk and the wealth you have acquired, and trade whose dullness you fear, and dwellings you love, are dearer to you than Allah and His Messenger and striving in His Way, then wait till Allah brings His Command to pass. And Allah guides not the transgressing people. Allah has presented the lifestyle, character and deeds of two exalted persons _ Muhammade pbuh and Ibraheem pbuh as the best models. What were those characteristics of Ibraheemsu disposition which made him worthy of being made the model The Quran says: (60:4) In order to understand the ranking of the family relationships against the Deen of Allah, you find the best example (that will remove the perplexities of your hearts and provide them solace) in the conduct of Ibraheem and his associates, when they announced to their people with whom they shared blood-relations: we are clear of you and those whom you serve leaving aside Allah: We reject your erroneous creed and consider it void, and there shall exist between us and you detestation and hostility for ever, unless you also believe in Allah and Him alone. (In that case you shall be our brothers in Deen) (3:117); (85:22). There are several verses in the Quran in which it is said that you cannot confide in non-Muslims. Thus it is clear that not only that they cannot take part in state affairs, they cannot even be appointed in key posts. But, however, this does not mean that they shall be deprived of Human Rights; not at all, they shall get all the justice. The Quran goes so far in this matter that you cannot find an example of it in any other system. Thus it is said: (5:8) Let not the enmity of others towards you make you depart from justice. Always act justly, that shall bring you closer to that standard of life where Allah intends to take you. Thus always stay on the highway to justice. Not only justice, but extension of the best treatment to non-Muslims has been ordained. It has been explicitly explained in Surah (60) Mumtahanah: whereas Allah forbids you to have relations of affinity with the enemies of Deen. He does not forbid you to deal with them justly (60:8-9). It goes even so far as to say that an Islamic State shall protect the places of worship of the non-Muslims. Thus it is said: (22:40)Had Allah not enabled people to defend themselves against one another, then surely monasteries, churches, synagogues and mosques in (all of) which the name of Allah is remembered abundantly would have been destroyed. In addition to providing protection to these places, it is also ordained: (6:109)You revile not those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance. This is likely to create disorder and chaos, therefore you do not treat their revered persons with insults. Such shall be the position of non-Muslims in an Islamic State. Being the citizens of an Islamic State, Islamic laws shall be applied to them. In their personal affairs, they shall be allowed to take their own decisions, subject to the laws of the Islamic State.
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