Religion and Politics

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Then if I make a conclusion from your posts, this is what I understand:

1. Nobody is appointed by God today as a leader.
2. It is not possible to prove or disprove if someone truely understands and follows Quran.

Question:

Then, if someone establishes an islamic state today, and claims to have the True Islamic Laws established and enforces laws of Islam on people according to his understanding, Is this allowed in the Quran?

(2) is not True. It's just that we are misinterpreting Islam at the moment. It's not that it's not possible to provide proofs for true interpretation.

 

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Do you believe that the original teachings of Islam as revealed by God and His chosen ones, were meant to be an instrumental tool in political and military offers, or you believe, God did not allow it to be used in politics?

God really isn't relevant here, since the Quran is unambiguous in referring to the supremacy of Allah. The role of the prophet/messenger is comparable to the role of prophets in the other Abrahamic religions, in that a prophet may have a political or military role. Both King David and Muhammad were involved in a number of wars, and Daniel had diplomatic role which had political implications for how the Hebrews were treated during the Babylonian exile.

The question of political power independent of the prophet was central to the schism between Sunni and Shia Islam. The Shias favoured looking to the the descendants of the prophet for leadership while the Sunnis preferred a more democratic approach. Since Sunni militancy is more violent than for Shia, there's a good argument for leadership associated with divine insight.