Re: Embracing the Infidel
MMH/ahmadjee: My understanding is that Sahaba of the Prophet never embrace the opposites but continuously strived to change the system. This is the result of their struggle to put the name of Allah on top of every system of life that followed a 1400 years of Caliphate. To disapprove of what is against one's belief is something, and to tolerate the very thing is another. As a muslim, if were to live in a country run by non-muslims or even muslims (without any islamic system), I will live and spend my life following Islam as much as possible and in my hand but at the same time, I will struggle against any system that collides with the boundaries of Allah; be that struggle be of an organization, or as a writter, or even as a social worker. In fact, to think of un-islamic things as un-islamic in your heart guarantees the lowest of the Iman one can have. On the other hand, feeling 'OK' about things transgressing against the boundaries of Allah constitutes towards a state of heart without any Iman.