Islamic Thoughts

• ANALYSES
• 1 Behavior code of Muslims toward non-Muslims
• 2 September 11 (2001) attacks on America not compatible with Islam
• 3 Ways To Defuse Religious Tensions
• 4 The Value Of The Ten Commandments
• 5 Bright Spot Of The Us Constitution: Religious Freedom
• 6 Lessons from the prophet's hudaibiah treaty.
• 7 Rulers' roles in promotion of christianity.
• 8 Exploring a model definition of 'religion'
• 9 Where islam stands as a civilized religion?
• 10 Proving god's existence through experimental science.
• 11 Roles of man as necessary & God as sufficient condition.
• 12 Human kindness is a shadow of god's kindness.
• 13 Why islam is the best choice for the Africans?
• 14 In Old Age, All Roads Lead To Death.
• 15 No Creations Are Without Purposes & Uses.
• 16 Prayer Prevents People From Bad Actions.
• 17 When Haram May Be Excusable: Five-Step Conditions.
• 18 Islamization Of Some Un-Islamic Cultures.
• 19 Greater The Faith, Tougher The Test.
• 20 How Science Can Make A Difference For Muslims?
• 21 The Time Gap Reality Between Sin & Punishment.
• 22 Good & Bad Days Alternate In Cyclic Order.
• 23 Let Moon-Sighting Unite & Not Divide The Muslims.
• 24 Faith Crisis Among Some Intellectuals.
• 25 Islamic Policy Toward Animals.
• 26 Improving The Muslim Performance (Aamal) Standard.
• ARGUMENTS
• 27 How Middle Course Better Than Conservative And Liberal Extremes?
• 28 Why God Is The Best One To Be Worshipped?
• 29 Costs And Benefits Of Belief In The Afterlife
• 30 Bible Is Similar To Hadith But Different From Quran
• 31 Defaming Islam: Freedom Of Speech Or Violation Of Rights?
• 32 How Islam Compares With Democracy?
• 33 Who Is Responsible For '0' Small Pox Since 1980?
• 34 Timeliness Is The Leading Condition For Prayer.
• 35 Ten Arguments For Women's Education.
• 36 Why Physical Fitness Matters For The Muslims?
• 37 Homosexuality Vs Adultery: Which Is Worse And How?
• 38 Countering Abortionist Argument
• 39 Which Is Better: Open Or Secret Prayer?
• 40 Small Or Large Recitation: Which Is Better In Prayer?
• 41 Personal Or Social Suffering: Which Is More Painful & Why?
• 42 Cultural Slavery Vs Cultural Diffusion.
• 43 Why Should America Ban Religious Defamation?
• ASSORTMENTS
• 44 Visible Action Of Invisible God: From Author's Diary.
• 45 Optional Good Deeds Are Like Bodyguards For Compulsory Ones.
• 46 The Gravitation Law Of Performance (Not One Of Newton).
• 47 The Theory Of Relativity (Not That Of Einstein).
• 48 In Good Deeds
• 49 "Rob Peter to pay Paul" is not for islam
• 50 Muslims Cannot Be "Penny Wise And Pound Foolish".
• 51 Islam Endorses Salad Bowl & Not Melting Pot Theory.
• 52 100% Homosexuality Means Prospect Of 'O' World Population.
• 53 Sinning In Teens To 40's & Suffering From 50's To Death.
• 54 Revenge May Be Lower But Not Greater Than Harm.
• 55 Why Karl Marx Is Irrelevant Forever?
• 56 Is God The Same One For All Religions?
• 57 How God Controls Economy And Livelihood?
• 58 How Muslim Repression In Myanmar Violates Buddhist Principles?
• MISCELLANEOUS
• 59 Grim Reality of Death: Unfailing Lesson for Everyone

32 : HOW ISLAM COMPARES WITH DEMOCRACY?

Islam somewhat looks like a democracy but it is also otherwise different, as appears from below:

(i) Democracy is a system of government elected by the people and people have rights. Among man-made system of governments, it appears to be the best. However, being the product of humanity, it bears some signs of limited human wisdom and their narrow self-interest. For example, ancient Greece, the founder of democracy, meant voting rights only for the male, rich aristocrats. America, the leader of the democratic world, took about 150 years to grant voting rights under intense pressure to the women. In this way, democracy keeps on changing shape and size, playing to the interest and ignorance of its practitioners.

(ii) Islam, by contrast, does not leave the wellbeing of humanity at the mercy of few powerful people who tend to be selfish and harmful to others in above way. God provides for a system of Islamic governance which is not only generally beneficial but also likely to be durable.

(iii) A democratic government tends to give rights to the people. The reason is to gain necessary votes in order to be reelected and avoid the risk of being kicked out through impeachment during its term. In practice, people usually do not end up with the rights they deserve due to undesirable or corrupt practices. Powerful party often illegally grabs votes by providing illegal incentives or practicing intimidation or violence. Gaining power that way, it then uses its majority power (even if that be slim edge say 51% over 49%) to give special favor to its people and discriminate against minority opposition. This may cause retaliation and frequent changes of government.

What's more, oftentimes there is lack of right balance among the three branches within the government. For example, the head of executive branch usually a powerful President may override the wishes of the lawmaking body (legislature) and control the court system (judiciary) and get laws passed that help his dictatorial ambitions, contrary to public interest. Such harmful flexibility is not allowed in the Islamic system of government. It derives laws from God who knows best which rights will be always be beneficial for the people and warns against violation of these rights.