The Islamic Khilafah- Myth or Reality?

The Islamic Khilafah- Myth or Reality?

Westerners, as I mentioned earlier, are very concerned with this new Islamic movement and see it as an eminent danger. Hostility and an attitude of confrontation is the reaction that has formed. For, they see it as

nothing more than the victory of the old regressive traditions, and the coming together of the ‘barbarians’

against the new civilised world. This is a profound illusion and a grave mistake, as well as being a

misconception of evident truth. It is our purpose in writing the following words to make two important points:

i) To prove the idea of the fundamentals of the Islamic social system, and its superior status among the other

systems that have recently emerged. Among these fundamentals of Islam are:

1- Human brotherhood and the abolishment of the spirit of hatred and rigidity.

2- Peace and the real purpose and philosophy of Jihad that many orientalists ignored or were ignorant of.

3- Freedom and the Islamic position and principles regarding slavery and liberty.

4- Social justice: and an explanation therein of the Islamic point of view on the system of government and social

stratification.

5- The "good life"; its meaning and realisation..

6- The family; the rights of women, polygamy and divorce.

7- Work and earning; the different means of earning money and the real meaning of Tawakkul.

8- Knowledge: and in it an exposition of the errors committed by those who accuse Islam of encouraging

ignorance and stagnation.

9- Organisation: in it an explanation and a reply to those who think that lack of discipline and order are inherent in Islam.

10- Religiousness: and in it there is the truth of faith in Allah, virtue and reward.

ii) To argue that the good of all humanity is in the return of Muslims to their religion and that this will be the most important step towards peace on earth. Also, one must realise that the motive of that revival is not blind fanaticism but rather conviction in what the virtues of Islam have brought to mankind. These are the virtues that conform totally with the highest of what contemporary thought has managed to discover about righteous social principles and the pillars upon which they stand.