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08-31-2011, 02:27 PM
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Even the Rashidun Caliphate if taken as a model (which would revolve around shoora basically) would still require
much legal and political reasearch
that hasnt been done. I strongly agree with a lot of what brother Straightpath has mentioned. Things aren't as simple as we think. The important thing is to adapt the shariah to work today, not to have the mindset that all the work is already done for us. Only the guidelines are there. And this is something that can't come overnight (there has to be a transitional phase) yet at the same time we don't have an environment where its development can be fostered for years. What a lot of us fail to realize is that old institutions / administrative methods won't work today. You need a different style of governing, older Muslim empires were unable to adapt to the changing styles of governing. Also, we would need to take a moderate approach and
a lot
of cooperation from all sides- something that's hard to find in Muslim societies today.
Also, what is the Islamic economic system? What system would the "Caliph" adapt? Besides Riba being haram and other concepts against monopolies etc, Muslims are free to decide what is best for them under those guidelines. And now Islamic economics is booming faster than ever. Although theres trillions involved now, we are still taking babysteps, and theres great research being done, but still, theres no complete system.
Theres still no studies on monetary tools that would replace interest, which is an important tool to counter inflation.
We only have guidelines, and the rest is up to us. This is another thing. Look at all the places where the shariah is enforced immediately without thinking about the economic impacts and look what happens to the people. The Ottomans had plenty of scholars but apparently they were unable to come up with a proper economic system to rival the modern one because they had to resort to bringing in economic advisers from Europe and borrow tons of money from Europe. We need to have economists that thing along the lines of the shariah and how a practical model can be devised from it and to implement all of the regulations, etc. that are already present in the shariah.
Blaming the west for our shortcomings only makes us weaker if it makes us not discuss our real problems throwing everything on them. This is another extremely important point. First each of us needs to see if we'd be willing to accept the injunctions of the shariah. Look at the social ills that are rampant in muslim societies. Before we even begin thinking of an Islamic govt we should be trying to fix ourselves first (myself included). Go to the masjid 5 times a day, respect other Muslims (look at the rampant crime / racism in muslim countries), be willing to accept the commandments of Allah and give up what's required of us without any questions "سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَا*ۖ".
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