Ulema's responsibility is to provide spiritual leadership to people, .
True. General terms like "Ulema" or "scholars" should be replaced with
"Spiritual scholars" or "religious scholars"
in contrast with
"political scholars"
"military scholars"
"health/medicine scholars"
"engineering scholars".
then each of these classes of scholars should mind their own field and not try to put their half @rse opinions in someone else's SPECIALIZED field.
Spiritual scholars should be allowed to use the mosque ONLY for the propagation of spirituality, faith etc.
If any spiritual scholar corrupts his duty, and starts becoming a deformed and bhondi form of CNN/FOX then he should be told politely to change his ways. If he doesn't listen, then he should be kicked out of the mosque.
We did the same to our community's mosque. After changing few Mullahs, things are going really great. Our mosque has no more politics, just spiritual healing.
....In HEALTHY Islamic society politics and religion are mutually inclusive. ...
And where the heck is that HEALTHY Islamists's society? on the moon or mars?
Go back and check out the true history, and you will find that whenever religion was mixed with politics, then the religion became CORRUPT.
Three of our four Khalifa Rashid rah were murdered ON THE JOB, because they mixed religion with politics. And the Islamists still refuse to learn.
If Khalifa Rashideen had that kind of tumultuous history, then the ordinary mortals had no chance whatsoever.
No wonder the Arab and non-Arab Muslim rulers bathed in the blood of their own brothers and sisters and fathers until they were all overthrown by the non-Mullah governments from Europe.
Similarly the false-religiosity minded Europeans bathed in the the blood of their own kin, until they were all thrown away by the secular European governments.
Remember!
When you mix religion and politics -- you lose both.
Na khuda he mila na wisale sanam.
Na uthar key rahay no ithar kay rahay.
Na religion he raha, aur politics be mar gaeey.