Why an authoritarian rule is against Islam

Forcing people to believe in a religion or to adopt its forms of
belief is completely contrary to the essence and spirit of Islam. That
is because according to Islam, true faith is only possible with free
will and freedom of conscience.
In the contemporary world, there are people who envisage or
supportauthoritarianism in the name of Islam. However this is a great
misconception. Islam is areligion which provides and guarantees
freedomof ideas, thought and life. It has issued commands to prevent
and forbid tension, disputes, slander and even negative thinking among
people. In the same way that it is determinedly opposed to terrorism
and all acts of violence, it has also forbidden even the slightest
ideological pressure to be put on them:
There is no compulsion in religion. True guidance has become clearly
distinct from error.(Surat al-Baqara: 256)
So remind them! You areonly a reminder. You arenot in control of
them.(Surat al -Ghashiyya: 21-22)
Forcing people to believe in a religion or to adopt its forms of
belief is completely contrary to the essence and spirit of Islam. That
is because according to Islam, true faith is only possible with free
will and freedom of conscience. Of course, Muslims can advise and
encourage each other about the features of Qur'anic morality. All
believers are charged with explaining Qur'anicmorality to people in
thenicest manner possible. They will explain the beauties of religion
in the light of the verse,"Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom
and fair admonition..."(Suratan-Nahl: 125), however, they must also
bear in mind the verse,"You are not responsible for their guidance,
but God guides whoever He wills."(Surat al-Baqara: 272)
Thus true Muslims will never resort to compulsion, nor any kind of
physical or psychological pressure. Neither will they use anyworldly
privilege to turn someone towards religion. When they receive a
negative response to what they say, Muslims will reply along the lines
of:"To you your religion, and tome, mine"(Surat al- Al-Kafirun: 6)
The world we live in contains societies with all kinds of beliefs:
Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, atheist, deist and even pagan.
Muslims living in such a world must be tolerant of all beliefs they
come up against, no matter what they may be, and behave forgivingly,
justly and humanely. This responsibility placed on believers invites
people to the beauty of the religion of God by means of peace and
tolerance. The decision whether or not to implement these truths,
whether or not tobelieve, lies with the other party. Forcing that
person to believe, or trying to impose anything on him, is a violation
of Qur'anic morality. In fact, God issues a reminder to believers in
the Qur'an:
If your Lord had willed, all the people on the earth would have
believed. Do you think you can force people to be believers?(Surat
Yunus: 99)
We know best what theysay and you [O Muhammad] are not a compeller
over them. But warn by the Qur'an whoever fears My warning.(Surat Qaf:
45)
A model of society in which people are forced to worship is a complete
contradiction to Islam. Belief and worship are only of any value when
they are directed to God by the free will of the individual. If a
system imposes belief and worship on people, thenthey will become
religious out of fear of that system. From the religious point of
view, what really counts is thatreligion should be lived for God's
good pleasure in an environment where peoples' consciences are totally
free.
When we look at the history of Islam, the way that Muslims have
translated this importantfeature of Qur'anic morality into the life of
society can be seen quiteclearly. Since the Prophet Muhammed, true
Muslims have always brought with them an atmosphere of freedom and
tolerance wherever they have gone. They have enabledpeople whose
religions, languages and cultures are completely different from one
another to live together in peace and harmony under one roof, and
provided peace and harmony for its own members. One ofthe most
important reasons for the centuries-long existence of the Ottoman
Empire, which spread over an enormous region, was the atmosphere of
tolerance and understanding that Islam brought with it. Within this
multi-national structure, all ethnic and religious groups have been
free to live according to theirown religions, and their own rules.
Barbarism in the name of religion, that is so preoccupying the world
at present, is the work ofignorant and fanatical people, completely
estranged from Qur'anic morality, and who have absolutely nothing to
dowith religion. The solution to these people and groups who try to
carry out their savagery under the mask of religion is the teaching of
true Qur'anic morality.
Islam and Qur'anic morality are solutions to the scourge of bigotry,
barbarism and terrorism,not supporters of it.

Solution: The morals of the Qur'an

Around the globe, the majority of people are among the oppressed. They
are tortured, butchered, and live in abject poverty, are homeless, are
forced to live their lives unprotected from the elements and they
sufferlack of medical care. There are those who cannot even afford a
loaf of bread. There are the elderly, facing neglect, abandonment and
denied medical care. Then there are those who face discrimination,
expulsion from their homes and lands simply because of their
ethnicity, language, raceor tribe and even massacres. Helpless,
malnourished, defenseless innocent children are forced to work for
money or beg.
Countless people live in fear for their lives anxious about their
survival, in a world in the midst of whose poverty and oppression,
there is also immense extravagance, privilege and wealth. Those
blessed with the "good life" pass by the homeless, see pictures, and
watch scenes on television of those less fortunate than they.
Sometimes they feel a brief moment of pity, but then change the
channel, turn away fromthe image, and in a shorttime completely erase
that fleeting prick of the conscience.
So many who enjoy the bounties and comforts with which they have been
blessed, never think of expending effort to save those who can not
afford these. They believe it is not up to them to save those people,
when so many are richer and more powerful and in a betterposition to
come to the aid of the less fortunate.
However, prosperity andpower alone are not enough to save those people
and to make this world a place of welfare in which justice, peace,
confidence and well-being prevail. Despite the existence of developed
countries around the world, there are still too many countries, such
as Ethiopia, where people still die daily of starvation. It is
apparent that the wealth and power of some nations are not enough in
themselves to solve the afflictions of drought, poverty and civil
warfare.
Only being conscientiouswill channel resources and power towards the
welfare of the poor and desperate. The sole way of being conscientious
ishaving faith. It is only the believers who constantly live by their
consciences.
Eventually, there is only one solution to the injustice, chaos,
terror, massacres, hunger, poverty, and oppression in the world: the
values of the Qur'an.
Those adverse conditions were created in the first place by hatred,
malice, self-interest, indifference and cruelty and therefore must be
undone by love, compassion, mercy, generosity, unselfishness,
sensitivity,tolerance, commonsenseand wisdom. These traitsof
compassion are foundonly in those who fully live by the values taught
in the Noble Qur'an, which is our guidance directly from our Creator.
In one verse, Allah (swt) refers to the Qur'an's feature of leading
mankind out of darkness into light.
... A light has come to you from Allah and a Clear Book. By it, Allah
guides those who followwhat pleases Him to the ways of peace. He will
bring them from the darkness to the light by His permission, and guide
them to a straight path.(Surat al Ma'ida: 15-16)
In another verse, Allah states that everything would be in corruption
and confusion if the truth were to be according to human desires:
If the truth were to follow their whims and desires, the heavens
andthe earth and everything in them would have been brought to ruin.
No indeed! We have given their Reminder, but theyhave turned away from
it.(Surat al-Muminun: 71)
As you read this passage,millions of people are suffering, are cold
and hungry, or facing expulsion from their homelands. For this reason,
people who have consciences need to think about this, and act to solve
those troubles as if they themselves or their loved ones were facing
them. We need to act both spiritually and materially to alleviate the
suffering and oppression. In one verse,Allah orders conscientious and
faithful people to assume this responsibility:
What reason could you have for not fighting in the Way of Allah – for
those men, women and children who are oppressed and say, 'Our Lord,
take us out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give usa
protector from You! Give us a helper from You!'?(Surat an-Nisa': 75)
When we consider the Qur'anic commands, it becomes obvious what are
our obligations. The most important thing forMuslims is first, to
struggle in the intellectual domain so that the values of the Qur'an
and the Sunnah prevail over disbelief. The only salvation for the
weak, helpless, homeless and destitute is the practice of the guidance
of the Qur'an, which is directed to all humankind. Therefore, itis our
duty to spread the word and communicate the message, and that is a
vital component of worship for all Muslims.
Those who do not followtheir consciences, who are indifferent to the
suffering of others, who spend their wealth on frivolous and vain
things, who fail to show concern for orphans, who look coldly at
oppressed woman, children and the elderly, and who are happy only when
there is immorality and ugliness in the world, will certainly have to
give anaccount in the Hereafter.
Have you seen him who denies the deen (religion)? He is the one who
harshly rebuffs the orphan and does not urge the feeding of the poor.
So woe to those who do salat (regular prayers), whose hearts from
their salat are remote, those who showoff and deny help to
others.(Surat al-Ma'un: 1-7)

The place where the system of antichrist - atheistic freemasonry - has settled in to prevent religious obligations is the Solomon's masjid

The organization called "The Knight's Templars", founded in the Middle
Ages in 1119, appeared originally to protect Christians and was
officially recognized by the Catholic Church in 1129. However, it was
dispersed in 1312 again by the Papacy due to theaccusations put
forward and its disputable acts. What has remained of the Knight's
Templars came on the scene with its fierce opposing actions against
the Church and all other divine religions after that date.
The Knight'sTemplars which were known as the Poor Soldiers of the
"Temple of Jesus and Solomon" in Latin, settled in the area of
theSolomon's Masjid and conducted its undercover operations from
there. This organization maintains its existence under the name of
atheistic freemasonry and it is this place that it is carrying on its
deviant activities.
As mentioned before, the antichrist system, that is, the purpose
ofatheistic freemasonryis to bring to the entire world the system of
destruction and tyranny,which is distant from thefaith in Allah (God)
and the good moral values. The method the atheist freemasons use in
order to realize this is to be able to prevent the religious
obligations of pious devout people, to try to cause division between
Muslims, Christians and Jews, and to restrain them to live in peace.
IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT THIS UGLY OBJECTIVE, THE ANTICHRIST IS SETTLED
IN THE REGION WHERE THE SOLOMON'S MASJID IS LOCATED.
Now,atheist freemasonsprevent the Muslims, Christians and Jews doing
their religious obligations easefully in the Solomon's Masjid.Atheist
freemasonshold this holy region under military and political dominion.
Because of this so-called military and political dominion, by way of
the prohibitions in the Solomon's Masjid — the place of religious
obligations of the three holy religions —, the religious obligations
are restricted in the region. Many people there, willingly or
otherwise, are following the order of the antichrist system, that is
the order of theatheist freemasons. And they are doing what they say.
The antichrist system dominates over the place of the
religiousobligations of the three holy religions. Yet, during the
period of the Prophet Jesus and HazratMahdi (peace be upon them both),
the antichrist system, that is the atheistic freemasonry's opinion
system will be demolished by love, compassion, knowledge,good moral
values and thus the dominion that this system are trying to rule over
the members of the three holy religions will be removed. Thus, the
Golden Age, which is the age of salvation, of abundance and affluence,
of trust and when the real love prevails, will begin.

Fathwa, - A case of conditional divorce

Question
Salaam, I have divorced my wife 3 times and returned her back based
upon a scholars advice that I can invalidate on ofthe divorce since it
was out of anger. We encountered another issue and she wrote me an
email asking for divorce. I swore/vow thatupon a second request for
divorce in any form from her, I shall honor her request. She wrote me
another )second( request few weeks later, I did not see the email. I
engaged her in discussion on how to resolve our problems, during this
period she lamented we did not follow the right procedure in returning
her back as my wife hence she demanded we start all over again. I
responded that since I was advised by a scholar I will not start the
processover again as that will mean we have been having illegal sex.
In her response to me, she said if I insist I will not do another
marriage, she insist she should be divorced or will remain divorced.
On this occasion )day( I stumbledon her second email demanding for
divorce. As it turned out, she was acting with anger she later
realized. Can our marriage subsist or remain? Thank you in
anticipation. Abdallah
Answer
All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify
that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad,
is His Slave and Messenger.
Taking an oath or vow todivorce your wife if she asks you to divorce
her does not lead to divorce once she asks you for divorce. Rather, it
is just apromise and you are not obliged to honor it.
Accordingly, if you have taken an oath by Allaah The Almighty,
confirming that promise, then you should expiate for breaking your
oath by feeding or clothing ten poor persons. If you cannot afford
that, you should fast for three days.
Finally, the bond of marriage still exists between you and your wife
as long as you sought a Fatwa from a trustworthy scholar and he told
you that the first taking back of your wife was valid.
Allaah Knows best.