GREAT DEBATE : IS JAMAT DEMOCRATIC? A debate between S A Hannan and Fatemolla

GREAT DEBATE : IS JAMAT DEMOCRATIC?

A debate between S A Hannan and Fatemolla

Published on October 01, 2007

fatemolla: Sayyid Mawdudi's word is proven to be world's strongest anti-democratic force.

Salam to all.

Sir Hannan again missed the point. I did not address the issue of dividing the nation, although a murder file never closes, let alone mass-murder (and mass-rape). I just wanted to say Jamat is world's strongest anti-democratic force that wears election-cloak only to pose democratic to become acceptable. Its mission is diametrically opposite to many necessary components and virtues of democracy that I listed before. Sir Hannan asked the readers to read later writings of Sayyid Mawdudi to form a proper view about his (Mawdudi's) stand on democracy. That actually leads us to a structured math. Sayyid Mawdudi says:-

1. "Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere in the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and program of Islam".

2. "If the Muslim Party commands adequate resources it will eliminate un-Islamic governments and establish the power of Islamic government in their stead".

3. "Islam, speaking from the viewpoint of political philosophy, is the very antithesis of secular Western democracy".

Clearly, this violent form of Islam is strongly anti-democratic. Then he strengthens this stand with more anti-democratic elements:-

4. "Islamic state bears a kind of resemblance to the Fascist and communist states".

5. "In such a state no one can regard any field of his affairs as personal and private".
6. "I would describe of this system of government as a "theo-democracy".

It goes without saying that Fascist, Communist or Theo-States are anti-democratic forces. But then, he slowly changes into: -

7. "The fact of the matter, however, is that Islam does not totally exclude human legislation. It only limits its scope and guides it on right lines."

And then: -

8. "Islam and democracy are not contradictory to each other".

And finally: -

9. "Democracy is the form of government based on the will of the people as well as run and changed with their consent only. This is also the form of Islamic government".

So, he metamorphoses from "Islam is the very antithesis of democracy" to "democracy is also a form of Islami government". This could be either his gradual enlightenment or utter confusion about Islam and democracy. But, as he never changed his initially proposed structure of Sharia-based Islamic government (that violates many virtues of democracy - Hasan), we can safely conclude that his real stand about democracy is reflected in numbers

1 - 5 above, and 6 -7 are probably his politically correct statements.

As in Jamat's own words - "Jamaat emerged with its traditional spirit, system and characteristics adopted by its founder Al-Ustaz Syed Abul A'la Al Maudoodi (Rahmahullah)" - it is proven to be world's strongest anti-democratic force.

Regards.

Hasan Mahmud.

Rebuttal by hannan