Monday, February 15, 2010

Human Rights in an Islamic State :The Right to Participate in the Affairs of State

14. The Right to Participate in the Affairs of State: {And their business is (conducted) through consultation among themselves} (42:38).
 
The shura or the legislative assembly has no other meaning except that:  The executive head of the government and the members of the assembly should be elected by free and independent choice of the people.
Lastly, it is to be made clear that Islam tries to achieve the above-mentioned human rights and many others not only by providing certain legal safeguards but mainly by inviting mankind to transcend the lower level of animal life to be able to go beyond the mere ties fostered by the kinship of blood, racial superiority, linguistic arrogance, and economic privileges.  It invites mankind to move on to a plane of existence where, by reason of his inner excellence, man can realise the ideal of the Brotherhood of man.


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