Is Pakistan a secular country?
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Pakistan doesn't fit into the definition of an Islamic country or territory (dar al-Islam). To determine if a country is Islamic or not, one does not consider the personal religion of its people, or its rhetoric and slogans. Rather, one should consider its ruling system that structures the country, defines its institutions and laws and determines its collective way of life. According to the classical scholars, both Quran and Sunnah stipulate for a country or territory to be Islamic the ruling system should be khilafah, comprising the appointment of a single ruler who is given total authority to implement the sharia. The territory should always be growing, borders eliminated until the entire world comes under Islamic rule. Institutions like bayt al-maal should ensure the welfare of the needy and circulation of wealth, qadhis dispense justice and masajid are central to community worship and living. Pakistan on the other hand is a republic, a secular feudal nation state, where it legislates laws in a parliament, enforced through corrupt judicial structures implemented by the British, adopts nationalism to define its territory with fixed borders, and bases its economy on feudal relations where much of the poor live in indentured conditions where wealth is concentrated in the hands of the rich. Islam is used rhetorically as and when secular elites seek public support. Anyone who claims, Pakistan is an Islamic country, other than in name or due to a Muslim majority population, should review its ruling system.
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Pakistan doesn't fit into the definition of an Islamic country or territory (dar al-Islam). To determine if a country is Islamic or not, one does not consider the personal religion of its people, or its rhetoric and slogans. Rather, one should consider its ruling system that structures the country, defines its...
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Pakistan doesn't fit into the definition of an Islamic country or territory (dar al-Islam). To determine if a country is Islamic or not, one does not consider the personal religion of its people, or its rhetoric and slogans. Rather, one should consider its ruling system that structures the country, defines its institutions and laws and determines its collective way of life. According to the classical scholars, both Quran and Sunnah stipulate for a country or territory to be Islamic the ruling system should be khilafah, comprising the appointment of a single ruler who is given total authority to implement the sharia. The territory should always be growing, borders eliminated until the entire world comes under Islamic rule. Institutions like bayt al-maal should ensure the welfare of the needy and circulation of wealth, qadhis dispense justice and masajid are central to community worship and living. Pakistan on the other hand is a republic, a secular feudal nation state, where it legislates laws in a parliament, enforced through corrupt judicial structures implemented by the British, adopts nationalism to define its territory with fixed borders, and bases its economy on feudal relations where much of the poor live in indentured conditions where wealth is concentrated in the hands of the rich. Islam is used rhetorically as and when secular elites seek public support. Anyone who claims, Pakistan is an Islamic country, other than in name or due to a Muslim majority population, should review its ruling system.
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The Secular Pakistani state and its systems have no place for Allah and His Rasool. Budget, including taxation (direct and indirect taxes), custom duties, trade laws, import and export rules, currency, banking, land laws, company structures, industrial policy, agricultural policy etc; every single matter related to economy is based on Capitalism ie no aspect of Pakistan's economy has anything to do with Islam. Absolutely nothing. Zilch. Zero relevance to Islam. Most of Pakistan's Judicial system is based on British legal system (Common law, 1860 Act etc). There are some references to "Shari'ah" here and there but none have any practical relevance to the matters of statecraft and the management of the Society's internal and external affairs. Same with Governance system that mimicks Westminster model ie parliamentary democracy with bicarmel legislature based on the principles of Liberalism and majority rule. Legislation does not get extracted from the Sources of Shari'ah; Quran and Sunnah and towards what Quran and Sunnah indicate ie Ijmah of Sahabah and Qiyas. Social system is based on Liberalism. Education system is Secular and Liberal. Foreign policy is based on the principles of Secular Nation Statehood and its World Order. The blasphemy is that none of Pakistan's systems are from what Allah SWT and His Rasool commanded. None whatsoever. Pakistani Society and the Ummah across the globe lives under Secular Liberal Nation States' based World Order. We have been taken for fools by the colonialists and thier agents in the local Establishment (including the ruling elites). This has been going on for well over two centuries now. It's time we woke up and called for the complete implementation of Allah's Deen via the Khilafah so that the mother of all blasphemies may come to an end, in sha Allah.
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The Secular Pakistani state and its systems have no place for Allah and His Rasool. Budget, including taxation (direct and indirect taxes), custom duties, trade laws, import and export rules, currency, banking, land laws, company structures, industrial policy, agricultural policy etc; every single matter related to economy...
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The Secular Pakistani state and its systems have no place for Allah and His Rasool. Budget, including taxation (direct and indirect taxes), custom duties, trade laws, import and export rules, currency, banking, land laws, company structures, industrial policy, agricultural policy etc; every single matter related to economy is based on Capitalism ie no aspect of Pakistan's economy has anything to do with Islam. Absolutely nothing. Zilch. Zero relevance to Islam. Most of Pakistan's Judicial system is based on British legal system (Common law, 1860 Act etc). There are some references to "Shari'ah" here and there but none have any practical relevance to the matters of statecraft and the management of the Society's internal and external affairs. Same with Governance system that mimicks Westminster model ie parliamentary democracy with bicarmel legislature based on the principles of Liberalism and majority rule. Legislation does not get extracted from the Sources of Shari'ah; Quran and Sunnah and towards what Quran and Sunnah indicate ie Ijmah of Sahabah and Qiyas. Social system is based on Liberalism. Education system is Secular and Liberal. Foreign policy is based on the principles of Secular Nation Statehood and its World Order. The blasphemy is that none of Pakistan's systems are from what Allah SWT and His Rasool commanded. None whatsoever. Pakistani Society and the Ummah across the globe lives under Secular Liberal Nation States' based World Order. We have been taken for fools by the colonialists and thier agents in the local Establishment (including the ruling elites). This has been going on for well over two centuries now. It's time we woke up and called for the complete implementation of Allah's Deen via the Khilafah so that the mother of all blasphemies may come to an end, in sha Allah.
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