What Islamic Ummah?

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Re: What Islamic Ummah?

@SaeedinPakistan

Islam doesn’t have a monopoly over ideas like truth, honesty, fairness, tolerance, acceptance, introspection, patience, kindness, etc. A secular constitution can contain these ideas without religion. A government can work for the welfare of its citizens without religion.

I have no objection to an individual using their religion as an inspiration, a guiding tool for themselves. However, I have a strong objection to religions involvement at state level. Examples being, Pakistan’s draconian blasphemy laws,pi ban on alcohol and other drugs, laws on zina, the condition that Prime Minister and President be muslims.

Abrahamic religions were invented by Jews and these ideas were already prevalent in societies before them especially the Persian Empire.