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Can Muslims Vote in Elections of the Modern Secular State?
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Friday, 10 August 2007
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What is the legitimacy of the modern secular state when judged according to the religion of Islam? Is it Halal (permissible) or Haram (prohibited) for Muslims to vote in elections of the modern secular state? This essay attempts to answer those questions.
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As matters stand in the Muslim world today, it is the decline of religious leadership from the Islamic standard in a serious measure that constitutes a major cause of its inability with regard to its emergence from the abyss into which it has been descending since some time. The remedy for the situation is obvious.
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Fazlur Rahman Ansari
The Qur’anic Foundations and Structure of Muslim Society
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