Establishing political parties: Islamic point of view
By Salman Abdus
Samad
“The general opinion is that
politics is synonymous with corruption, bribery, deceit, cheating, backbiting,
backstabbing etc. The reason behind this perception is widespread corruption
among our politicians. We can hardly find a politician with a clean image.
However, it should not imply that politics in principle leads to corruption or
moral degradation....”
“....... It would be appropriate
to state here that today Islam is presented in a way that gives the impression
that Islam is merely a sum of some prayers; Islam has no broadness, it is
indigent. Islam indeed has golden rules for prayers and meditations but does not
have any guiding principle on social affairs and day-to-day issues. It has
sufficient principles and instructions for namaz, fasting, zakat, hajj etc. but
does not provide sufficient guidelines into other affairs and issues concerning
day to day life. It is obvious that ulema alone can interpret and explain Islam
to the people. So if they confine Islam to the matters of prayers and ignore
broader issues of social importance, it will only lead to misunderstandings
about Islam.”
By Salman Abdus
Samad
“The general opinion is that
politics is synonymous with corruption, bribery, deceit, cheating, backbiting,
backstabbing etc. The reason behind this perception is widespread corruption
among our politicians. We can hardly find a politician with a clean image.
However, it should not imply that politics in principle leads to corruption or
moral degradation....”
“....... It would be appropriate
to state here that today Islam is presented in a way that gives the impression
that Islam is merely a sum of some prayers; Islam has no broadness, it is
indigent. Islam indeed has golden rules for prayers and meditations but does not
have any guiding principle on social affairs and day-to-day issues. It has
sufficient principles and instructions for namaz, fasting, zakat, hajj etc. but
does not provide sufficient guidelines into other affairs and issues concerning
day to day life. It is obvious that ulema alone can interpret and explain Islam
to the people. So if they confine Islam to the matters of prayers and ignore
broader issues of social importance, it will only lead to misunderstandings
about Islam.”
Source: Hamara Samaj, New
Delhi
9:51 PM
Sultan Shahin
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