They are afraid of democracy because they think the majority could vote against Shari’ah; so they want a government without popular participation. But, Brother, if you do not have a majority that wants Shari’ah, what are you going to do when that majority revolts?
At the end of the day, you cannot escape the necessity of the consent of the governed.
Yes, in a democratic system, a minority can organize and campaign, and possibly exploit the system to their advantage; particularly if there is a low degree of broader participation. That is how Trump won the presidency in the United States, because half the electorate didn’t vote, and the 25% who voted for Trump were located in strategic states. But the same thing can happen in an ideal “Islamic” system. And you do not need to look further than the tragic killing of ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan to realize this.
If you think that dictatorship solves the problem of popular rejection of the Shari’ah, it doesn’t. And, anyway, it is an imaginary problem because Muslim majorities all around the world support making Shari’ah as the law of the land. They always have, and they always will. And this is the only thing that makes it feasible to even have Islamic government in any form…you simply cannot have it without the consent of the people.
When you argue against democratic mechanisms, you are in fact arguing against the only way we will ever achieve any kind of sustainable Islamic government.
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