[Coededgeme]

I've listened to one scholar discussing this topic. He's studied in Egypt at Azhar and he's somewhat different compared to the other scholars in Turkey. Despite being a Hanafi/Maturidi, he doesn't rush to attack those he disagrees with (like Ibn Taymiyya).

People who disagree with him make him out to label voting in a democracy as Shirk, which he doesn't say. What he does say is that if you participate in Democracy and sit in the power position, You are kind of forced into making decisions that are unislamic like endorsing Riba banks, state-run Alcoloh producers, getting taxes from prostitutes and brothel owners to pay Imams. Sitting in that position, you don't have a choice but to follow an unislamic path. This is not something the prophet Muhammad () would have done, nor is it something any of the other prophets would have done. Therefore, this path is not the one that should be taken. It's not the path of the prophets. We should be more worried about bringing about a religious generation that will one day rise up, take the reigns from this kuffar system and establish a truly Islamic form of governance.

Not sure where he stands as most of the people and scholars have sided with the "Islam will established from democracy crowd". Still it's an interesting topic.