Re: Not an Islamic Republic…What if?
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Chalyain, I might be wrong in understanding what you mean. I thought, by forcefully protecting your religion you meant imposing your beliefs and practices over others, as what Taliban was doing in Afghanistan and they also started doing in Swat when in power there. Your post gave me reason to believe what I wrote. Just read your post and think.
From above post it seems that you agree voluntary commitments is better and forcing commitments is wrong, still you wrote that in your view, in these trying times you have to take drastic steps to preserve your faith … now what is that drastic step in religious matters that one could do if people are not performing voluntarily, if it is not religious commitments forced on people using state force?
Anyhow, as far as I am concerned, any state that has Muslims majority, or strong Muslim head of state, and there is no restriction for Muslims to fulfil their Islamic duties peacefully, is Islamic state.