How is the Islamic Caliphate
Muslims today see the "caliphate" declared by the notorious ISIS ( "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria," or simply IS) as an abomination.
By Mustafa Akyol
the above title may seem silly to some readers. Because the Caliphate (or "successor" to Prophet Muhammad) is certainly an institution 'Islamic', if by that we mean the fourteen centuries of Muslim experience. Since the first caliph, Abu Bakr, the majority of Muslims regarded the institution as an integral part of their faith, to it was abolished by the Turkish Republic in 1924.
Meanwhile, add a side note, the overwhelming majority of Muslims today see the same "caliphate" declared by the notorious ISIS ( "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, "or simply) as an abomination. ISIS is just too brutal and fanatical, even for al Qaeda, which itself is too brutal and fanatic for most Muslims
Yet i want to take a step further and want to ask if the Muslims should have a Caliph at all -. Or, at least, that their religion really requires it of them
When we question the issue of this view, we will see something interesting. . "Caliph" the Quran, the basis of Islam, has no reference at all is the expression in the Muslim scripture, but in a way quite different: in chapter 2 verse 30, God says the angels - just before the creation of Adam, the first man - it will create a "caliph" for himself on Earth. The term was often translated as "heir", and interpreted the blessing of free will given to mankind. In this sense, all human beings are s "Caliph"; they have the power given by God to act according to their own will.
When we look at the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his traditions, or "Sunna", we again can not find a clear basis for the caliphate as a political institution. During his life, the Prophet himself was the leader of the community, but it does not define a clear path for his followers. His famous "Farewell Sermon" has three versions that say he left behind; only the Koran, the Koran and the Sunna, or the Koran and his "household".
The Caliphate as an institution, was born just after the Qur'an was completed and the Prophet died. In the absence of these new revelations and most authoritative interpreter them, the elders of the Muslim community discussed what to do, and decided to appoint one of them as the "successor" of the Prophet. When he died, a new one was elected
Sunni Muslims accept that the first four caliphs of these -. Abu Bakr, Omar, Uthman and Ali - were "rightly guided" but then came the dynasties that have corrupted the institution and turned into a single power house. This is largely true. But you also see that the era of the first four caliphs, too, was part of "the historical Islam," not Islam as a religion.
In other words, as persuasively argued there a century by eminent scholars such as Seyyid Bey in Turkey and Ali Abdel al-Razik in Egypt, the caliphate is not an integral part of Islam, that the papacy is to Catholicism. It was a political institution, not religious, and was not always commendable, as evidenced by the numerous, tyrannical, corrupt caliphs sinners. Their ambitious claim to be "the shadow of God on earth" was nothing but absurd.
Class : Muslim World News
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