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Secularism and Freedom of Religion

Secularism and Freedom of Religion

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Although Ibn Rushd  (d. 1198 AD) is arguably considered the father of the secular thought in Western Europe, the term ‘Secularism’ was coined by an Atheist English Writer, George Jacob Holyoake in 1851, as a replacement of the then negatively perceived term ‘atheism’[1]. Ibn Rushd put forth the idea that there are at least two paths to reach the Ultimate truth, i.e. Philosophy and Religion, implying that one can find the ultimate truth without necessarily resorting to Religion. On the…

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Liberty and Freedom

Liberty and Freedom

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Liberty identifies a condition in which human beings can act according to their own free will and take responsibility of their actions. John Stuart Mill has differentiated two types of liberty, i.e. (a) absence of external coercion and (b) freedom to act. Isaiah Berlin also differentiated two types of liberty, i.e. (a) negative liberty which is about absence of external restraints to one’s action, and (b) presence of means and opportunities to act. Berlin described that a statement such as…

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Social Contract and the Divine Covenant in the Light of the Quran

Social Contract and the Divine Covenant in the Light of the Quran

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The Social Contract Theory is one of the most dominant and influential political theories in the history of the modern West. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are three best known proponents of this important theory, each with a slightly different approach to it from one another. Put in simple words, according to the social contact theory people give up or surrender some of their personal freedom, and give the government authority to enforce laws upon them whereby everyone…

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Ultimate Goal of the Islamic Republic

Ultimate Goal of the Islamic Republic

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Every society or state has some rules or laws to which it desires submission[1] of its people for the safety, security and preservation of its individual members as well as the society or the state as a whole. No society or state can run peacefully without any laws and rules. If the laws and rules are those or based upon those given by Allah, then submitting, surrendering or yielding to these laws and rules is called Al-Islam[2] (or The Submission)….

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The Concept of an Islamic Republic

The Concept of an Islamic Republic

According to Hamilton,  “in any Democracy–either a Direct or a Representative type–as a form of government, there can be no legal system which protects the individual or the Minority (any or all minorities) against unlimited tyranny by the Majority….. Such a form of government is characterized by The Majority Omnipotent and Unlimited. This is true, for example, of the Representative Democracy of Great Britain; because unlimited government power is possessed by the House of Lords, under an Act of Parliament of 1949–indeed, it…

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The Islamic Belief System

The Islamic Belief System

It is a belief that there is One and Only Originator of this universe[1] Who not only brought all the matter and energy into existence out of nothing but Who therefrom created innumerable types and forms of inanimate and animate objects[2]. He is All-Powerful[3] Who not only brings things into existence but also nourishes them, sustains them, maintains them, regularizes them and directs them from their earliest state to that of ultimate completion and perfection[4]. He has framed all the…

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