what is islam position on politics ?
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Many Muslims (both men and women) will say Islam does not allow women to be involved in politics.\n\nThis is false. Here is some of the reason why:\n\n"The leader of an Islamic state is confirmed by the people through a process known as bai’ah; a symbolic contract between the leader and the people wherein the leader promises to obey Islamic law and the people, in exchange, promise their allegiance. ...\n\n" In early Islam women were included in the giving of the bai’ah. Prophet Muhammad received the bai’ah from the people. The Quran addresses the issue of women giving the bai’ah to Prophet Muhammad and God tells Muhammad to accept the pledge of the women. "O Prophet! Whenever believing women come unto thee to pledge their allegiance to thee...then accept their pledge of allegiance.""\n\n...\n\n"In addition to participation in the electoral process, women have also been involved in political activities. These activities appear to be sanctioned by Islamic law. In Islam, community decisions must be made through a process of consultation (shura). The Quran, in describing the qualifications of true believers, states "...and whose rule in all matters of common concern is consultation among themselves." (Quran 42:38). "\n\nPlease go to the website I listed in the sources. It has much more information on women and politics in Islam. This is where I got the information I posted here for you.
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you replied to your own question.  Islam can never be part of a Democratic nation.  The religion and faith do not mix.
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I say get religion out of ALL government paid positions.\nNo Priest opening sessions of congress\nNo Clergy in the military ranks\nA secular country that has in it's constitution a ban on state sponsored religion should spend NO taxpayer money on religious personnel.\nReligion in a secular country should play no part in politics. Though out history there have been innumerable gods/goddesses and deities of every flavor, who's to say what one is correct. Even if you take the modern religions which way is the proper way to worship your chosen deity, the countless sects of christianity that follow jesus instead of god or, the multiple forms of judaism in following the word of god, or the various teaching of muhammad in the following of allah. Religion has no business in politics, society can do a fine job of directing the morals of itself and the policies and politics of itself.
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He probably considers himself a descendant of Ali since he is the head of a theocratic Islamic state.  As such, what he says goes.  I believe it's a major difference between Shi'i and Sunni Islam, with the Sunni being less apt to allow their political leaders to determine their mode of expressing their faith.  Islam is a religion of orthopraxy and not orthodoxy.  In such religions, one places more weight on what they do everyday than they do in other religions.  Leaders are expected to perscribe what rules of behavior are to be followed by the people of their countries.
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Islam's mandate is to conquer the world for Alla. Those that do not believe are infidels.\nThe Koran (Islam Holy Book) instructs Muslems to go out and deal with infidels by either conversion, death or slavery.\n\nThis has gone on for centurys and will continue to go on until the final day.\nInspite of the current "spin", Islam is not a peaceful religion.\n\nThey rule by religious law and thus can not tolerate a free society.\nThey do however have no problem using our freedoms against us to further the Islam.
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Most ordinary muslims probably couldnt care less about ruling the world however the radical clerics who are behind terror and who hold a lot of power in most Muslim states do preach this.\n\nIt is known as the Ummah, which is a global islamic state, with sharia law.\n\nIn Nigeria which is a 50% christian and 50% muslim country, the muslim north has adopted sharia law, and are already stoning people to death for petty crime in line with 2000 year old laws.\n\nIn afghanistan during the Taleban rule, Kabul soccer stadium was the site of weekly beheadings.\n\nLive and let live I say, and Muslims have every right to believe what they do, but I will do everything in my power to avoid a situation where I have to believe it as well.
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That should tell you something about islam.
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Islam means submission. They are not free because they force submission from their followers while killing those who do not follow Islam.
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Osama IS NOT the leader of Islam he is a radical terrorist who uses and manipulates the teaching of the Quran to promote his own political agenda. Islam preaches peace and submission. I was raised Cristian and and Converted. I was very ignorant before I picked up a Quran myself and read it. Please do not fall into the trap of believing only what you hear and see from the Media. I have many reason to back everything up and if you want a personal discussion about this I would love to IM.
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Something to consider about Islam is that they lack any central leadership, unlike Christianity.  When people are looking for a blanket Christian statement, they typically look to the Catholic church, as it is the most organized.  Islam is far more factionalized.\n\nI admit that the muslim mainstream hasn't responded quite in the way that I had hoped.  It seems that non-american, or at least non-western muslims are curiously silent when islamic terrorists strike against the west and it's interests abroad.  Some, like Pakistan in 2001, rejoiced at it.  \n\nIt's difficult to make any broad assertions regarding Islam, because you risk alienating the few who do have respect for the west, and christianity.  It is perhaps up to these few to provide the extinction of the terrorist mindset that for some reason inflames much of the middle east:  That Israel needs to be destroyed, and the West represents pure evil.\n\nRegarding democrats, I think the party has been misled by people like Michael Moore.  I get the idea that if he had been born in Saudi Arabia, it would've been he who piloted one of the jets on 911.\n\nActors, for some reason, become successful and therefore feel entitled to be political analysts.  Of course, we all have the right to protest, but they take it too far.  The media is the most powerful mover of minds of our time, and they weild it like a nuclear weapon.\n\nI believe firmly that whatever the Right's faults, they've got an innate advantage over the Left, in that they cater more to national security than civil liberties, and with good reason.  With terrorists eternally seeking our destruction, there need to be some sacrifices to our ultimate endurance.
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The way the media paints Islam out to be, would be the best answer.\n\nThis society is purposefully "dumbed down".  For the most part, we do not read.  So what ever emotional driven image we see on the 10 o'clock news, or whatever Hollywood feeds us, is what we take as truth to form our opinions.\n\nLM
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It is rather involved.  They deal with different schools of thought on Islamic law and are related to different geographic areas.  The article below offers a good explanantion.
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Islam preaches morals. Which is good. Islam also scares their own lot (and others) with the fire of hell, which is bad. But so do many other religions. \n\nI feel that people should not be good out of the fear of hell fire, but out of love.\n\nI think good about the muslims and dont see any problems with the major population. \n\nMaybe i do not like the few who use people for power and to spread fear.
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most of the muslims today dont show the real islam , which is kept in books almost , but it is practical n easy , for true islam and the democracy described in islam u have to read out the lives of the prophet anf his califs, i hope if u go thru that u will find true democratic ppl out there and coz of this , i will prefer islamic state run by those , with characters n personalities of our respectes califs
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You're very correct, my friend.  Libs have no sense of what is right or wrong it seems.  Take for instance that they're against the death penalty yet murder babies and use a polite euphemism, namely, abortion.  The list is endless.  They have no idea what Islam practices but rather buy into the false notion that Islam equates to peace.  All over the world, Islam is at work to change the "infidels" or barring that, to kill them.  Libs would indeed be TOO's (targets of opportunity) for angry Islamics!
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Islam is one of the major religions of the world. Possibly the world's fastest-growing religion.\n\nTheir holy text is the Quran, it is GREATLY revered. \n\nThey also greatly revere the Prophet Mohammed. They worship Allah. They believe Allah is the ONE, the True God.\n\nI am not an adherent of Islam, but I believe it ought to be respected, as ought any religion.
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It has always been this contentious.  The reason it has become a political "football" is that the religious fringe has taken control of politics, making this the American Taliban.  Because it is an issue with no middle-ground and, therefore, no real possibility of compromise, it is likely to be a hot issue for a long time.