Islam Rediscovered
12. Islamic Fundamentalism
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system, nor are they required to set in motion
political
initiatives
calculated
to
create
opportunities to do so.
That is why the Quran at no point gives the
following command: “O Muslims, establish the
political system of Islam.” On the contrary, the
Quran makes such clear statements about
government and politics as prove that they are
relative and not the real parts of Islam. For instance,
addressing the believers the Quran says:
God has promised those of you who believe
and do good works that He will make them
masters in the land as He had made their
ancestors before them, in order to strengthen
the faith He chose for them, and to change
their state of fear to a sense of security. Let
them worship Me and no other gods besides
Me. Wicked indeed are those who after this
deny Me. (24:55)
From this it is abundantly clear that political power
is a gift from God and is far from being a matter of a
goal to be attained by human efforts. That is, it is
not the Islamic way to launch movements with the
