Re: Mechanisms for spreading Islam in Quran
Peace Sister PyariCgudia
I understand that you are saying this because as Muslims living today we take an apologetic approach towards life because we are not in the position that we once were.
However, please remember this:
Those who pay jizya do not fight for the country. They are techincally under the protection by the country. It is like people under assylum in this day and age ... those people are not given citizenship and hence are treated as you say feel like they are in second status.
This means ... for example, in the UK, time, marriage and sometimes allegience to the Queen can naturalise an expatriot and hence they can get a passport. The same goes for a jizya payer, they become Muslim and hey presto.
The only difference is that Muslims have to put more effort in to the state and get only the same benefits as the jizya payers. Muslims have to pay zakat which is an Islamic obligation. This amount is made a state demand by those who do not believe in Islam to ensure the circulation of wealth.
The odds are stacked against becoming Muslim in an Islamic state, because people can do as they like without the need to become law enforcers, but they will get their needs catered for just for paying 2.5% ... how does this compare with taxes in the West today?
I see by your statement that you are heavily sided towards secularism. I need not go into this aspect as it has been exhausted in other threads. Remember this however, that every Muslim has a responsibility to invite people to Islam, to give nasiyah to enjoin the good and forbid the evil. For those Muslims at the top leading the country that mission doesn't stop for them. By being secular we are removing critical aspects of our Islamness. There is no state other than the Communists ones that is completely devoid of "God" in it's law or governance. The US allege "in God we trust" and the UK state religion is seen as that what the monarch follows i.e. "Christianity" and thus many civil laws are based on these values.
Also this statement of yours ... "you go do your own thing and I my own" is a similar statement to that in the Qur'an. Where is advises for those who are the worst people who come to argue and misconstrue, "you to your religion and me to mine" Prior to this ultimatum we are expected to converse, with wisdom and invite, if and when the situation seems like people are merely interested in argumentation then and only then we make that separation. Not as a first call. If we do then we are at risk of internal incursions and state-in-state formations due to inadequate integration and inadequate policy selling.
Arrhay bhai, is Pakistan filled with kaafirs that you need to be telling me this? Its a country filled with Muslims. You want to converse and invite, fine. Who the hell are you trying to convert?
Furthermore, I hope you do realize that there are many productive and good Islamic organizations working in Pakistan and guess WHAT? Last time I checked, you can't go to prison in Pakistan for being a muslim!
Its a muslim country. Get a reality check. The Shariah that I am staunchly opposed to has nothing to do with Islam.
Pakistani laws are , for the most part, fairly Islamic in nature.
I have repeatedly asked this from people like yourself who call for Shariat law, and NOT SUPRISINGLY, I get no response.
And yet I ask again. List SPECIFICALLY what Pakistani laws are UNISLAMIC to you. Then we can talk. Those laws can always be ammended if you choose to go about it in a peaceful way.
Taking up arms, stomping into a village, and telling everyone "We are now your government and what we say is Shariat. You obey or die" is NOT an Islamic method of doing things, and it is SHAYTAANIpan to even watch it happen without trying to stop it.