Who Needs a Secular State?
(or ‘Who needs a Secular Muslim Revisionist?’) ‘Who needs an Islamic state?’, the question would be funny if it weren’t so serious. It is the equivalent of asking ‘Who needs to believe in One God?’ or ‘Who needs to believe in Muhammed (saw) to be Muslim?’ Unfortunately, due to the absence of the practical implementation of the Islamic way of life on a societal level, and the pervasiveness of the Capitalist ideology (a.k.a ‘liberal democracy’), some Muslims have become so defeated, they question Islamic history from a pro-secular viewpoint, and adduce that Islam had no model for ruling and organising Man’s affairs (i.e. politics, economics, penal system etc). This is despite the blatant fact that the Prophet Muhammed (saw) was a political leader who ruled according to the revelation from God, in ALL matters pertaining to politics, diplomacy, economics, social system, judiciary/penal system and many other areas. ‘And so (O Muhammad) judge/rule [Hukm] among them in accordance with God’s r
