Islamic Fundamentalism
Islamic Fundamentalism
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the faith He chose for them, and to change
their state of fear to a sense of security. Let
them worship Me and no other gods besides
Me. Wicked indeed are those who after this
deny Me. (24:55)
From this it is abundantly clear that political power
is a gift from God and is far from being a matter of a
goal to be attained by human efforts. That is, it is
not the Islamic way to launch movements with the
aim of achieving political ascendancy. On the
contrary, the objective of the Islamic struggle is to
inculcate in people the Islamic character and the
true spirit of Islam. And then, if, in any given
society, a large number of people were to become
imbued with this true spirit, a time might come
when God in His wisdom saw fit to invest them
with political authority.
Similarly, the Quran says for the benefit of the
believers: “God is powerful and mighty: He will
assuredly help those who, once made masters in the
land, will attend to their prayers and pay the alms
tax, enjoin justice and forbid evil.” (22:41).
