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In the name of Allah
most gracious most merciful Islamic Caliphate By Sharique Naeem
Some circles amongst the masses, tend to scoff at the thought of revival of Islamic caliphate, since they cling onto a preconceived assumption, that Caliphate, will be dictatorial regime, where people wont be able to elect their rulers. The, fact of the matter is however, the opposite. Once a caliphate state is established, A comprehensive procedure, based on the method of Hazrat Umer (RA), for electing the Ruler will be observed. As a first step, through elections, a province level council (Majlis-e-Wilaya) will be elected by the people, and will have tenure of five years. This Council, will subsequently elect the State Level Council (Majlis-e-Ummah) having the same tenure of five years. As soon as the post of Caliph, becomes vacant; Candidates, competing for the post will present their names. All candidates must fulfill the seven basic conditions, which are namely: male, Muslim, Free, Sane, Just, Mature, Able; they may or may not have preferential conditons e.g. Mujtahid, brave, Military strategist, Qureishi etc. Voting will then be carried out in three rounds, in the Majlis-e-Ummah, First six candidates with majority votes will be selected, then out of these six, two will be selected, and finally from these two, One will be elected as the Caliph in the last and final round of voting. The Majlis will then give the pledge (Bayah In-eqad) to the Elected Caliph, and subsequently the Ummah will give its pledge (Bayah Ta’ah) In this elegant way, the Caliph will be elected. Hence people need to be aware of the fact that Islam truly honors values such as ‘peoples right to elect their rulers’, ‘justice for all’ and ‘rule of law’ - which the present democratic structures only make hollow boasts of.
Also Published as: “Elected Caliph”- The Nation (5th June 2006) PakObserver (18th May 2006)
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