Well, is it? Click the link to find out.
But wow, Dr. Khalid Blankinship is just a mountain of knowledge, mashallah.
But is it sufficient merely to declare that we will have a state based on the Shari`ah and everything wll be perfect? Remember, the Shari`ah of classical times was almost entirely something sought out and voluntarily conformed to, not something imposed and enforced, because, although there was some enforcement through the muhtasib, eventually, the resources and means for the kind of intrusive enforcement used by modern states did not exist. Indeed, the Shari`ah-based state as usually envisioned by its modern supporters never really existed before, and especially not as an institutional state. The problem lies in the exercise of power: Who is qualified to do it, and what means of enforcing limitation and accountability on absolute power are there?
If only the Muslim Brotherhood and other would-be Islamist groups would understand that Islam is a vehicle for salvation and not political power.
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