A typical
drawing room style highly intellectual discussion, which we
are all so very well used to is warming up ; a kind of
Molotov mixture where neither the subject remains the same
nor the terminology of the subject has the same meanings.
MUSLIM ,
STATE and DEMOCRACY are the three Terms used in the title
of the seminar.
Term MUSLIM is an Islamic Term ,used and defined in
Quran in numerous ayaat. A name given to those who surrender
to the command of God by Holy Prophet Ibrahim a.s.(22 : 78)
Quran says, "Ebrahim was neither a YEHUDI nor a NUSRANI but
a DEVOUT MUSLIM"(3:67).
(Note
that the root of the words Muslim and Islam is the same.)
The land
where such Muslims who live exactly according to the command
of God called Islam as given in Quran is worthy of being
called a MUSLIM STATE.
When these
Muslims settle their day to day affairs according to The
Book, with mutual consultations called SHURAH, then if you
like, you may invent a new term and call their
governance as ISLAMIC DEMOCRACY.
After
taking the terminology of the
seminar title into its proper perspective The
Friends Of The Heart ( I have yet to know whose heart) can
very well see the relevance of my deliberation # 34. and
irrelevance of major part of our scholarly debate.
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