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Concluding
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It
will thus be seen that Islam is not compatible to secularism
if it does not mean rejection of religious faith.
Throughout
the world today there is increasing emphasis on harmonious
coexistence of different religious faiths and Islam had
inculcated this spirit from the very beginning of revelation
of the Qur'an.
The
doctrine that religion and politics can not be separated
in Islam is a later historical construct rather than the
Qur'anic doctrine.
It is human construct rather than the Qur'anic doctrine.
It is human construct rather than a divine revelation.
One
of the important aspects of modern secularism is of course
separation of religion from the State. While the state should
not interfere in religious autonomy, religious authorities
should not poke their nose in affairs of the State.
The
Indian "Ulama had accepted this position with good conscience
throughout freedom struggle and it was on this basis that
they became allies of the Indian National Congress.
In
Muslim majority countries there is problem of autonomy of
state. Again, one should not look for causes into religious
teachings but in the socio-political history of those countries.
These nations have hardly emerged from their feudal past.
There
is no history in these nations of democratic struggles of
the people. Also, most of these countries have very small
religious minorities and these minorities too have historically
accepted religious hegemony of Islam.
It
will take quite sometime for this position to change as
feudal past has strong presence in these nations.
But
there is strong pressures building up and human rights movements
are emerging in all these countries. Globalization may not
be desirable for many other reasons but it is creating conditions
for close interaction among various cultures and political
systems.
Information
revolution also is a tide, which can not be stopped, and
this revolution is creating deep impact on every aspect
of life.
Muslim
countries cannot remain aloof from this and has to open
themselves to new ideas and forces.
End
Mohammed,
Mysore.
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