But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir’s proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
ABU BAKAR BASHIRThey are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.
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If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them.
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They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation.
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We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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This is all designed to contaminate our pure Islam.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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But the West is trying to weaken Islam from outside and inside. They attack our people and invade our countries from outside, and they weaken us from within with ideas like secularism, liberalism and democracy.
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What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?
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Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails.
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We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?
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If the West wants to have peace, then they have to accept Islamic rule.
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Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.
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