Original geschrieben von: 21merlina

Ich weiß jetzt nicht, inwiefern Asad die von dir zitierte Meinung vertritt und mit welchen Argumenten er diese rechtfertigt, weil ich von seinen Büchern nur den Tafsir und der Weg nach Mekka gelesen habe.

Bezieht sich wohl auf sein Buch "The Principles of State and Government in Islam" [insbesondere auf Seite 19] (1), (2):
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And, finally, by claiming (again, without any warrant in Qur'ãn or Sunnah) that the shari'ah imposes on us the duty to discriminate [non-Muslims], they make it impossible for [the non-Muslims] to bear with equanimity the thought that the country in which they live might become an Islamic state.

Muhammad Asad


One of the main reasons for the confusion regarding the idea of the Islamic state is the indiscriminate application - both by the upholders and the critics of this idea - of Western political terms and definitions to the entirely different concept of Islamic polity. Not infrequently we find in the writings of modern Muslims the assertion that "Islamic is democratic" or even that it aims at the establishment of a "socialist" society; whereas many Western writers refer to an alleged "totalitarianism" in Islam which must necessarily result in dictatorship. Such superficial attempts at political definitions are not only mutually contradictory, and therefore of no practical value for the purposes of a serious discussion, but also carry with them the danger of looking at the problems of Muslim society from the angle of Western historical experiences alone and, thus, of envisaging developments which may be justifiable or objectionable - depending on the viewpoint of the observer - but may be wholly out of place within the world-view of Islam.

Muhammad Asad, The Principles of State and Government in Islam, page 18


Viewed from this historical perspective, 'democracy' as conceived in the modern West is infinitely nearer to the Islamic than to the ancient Greek concept of liberty; for Islam maintains that all human beings are socially equal and must, therefore, be given the same opportunities for development and self-expression. On the other hand, Islam makes it incumbent upon Muslims to subordinate their decisions to the guidance of the Divine Law revealed in the Qur'ãn and exemplified by the Prophet: an obligation which imposes definite limits on the community's right to legislate and denies to the 'will of the people' that attribute of sovereignty which forms so integral a part of the Western concept of democracy.

Muhammad Asad, The Principles of State and Government in Islam, page 19.
First published 1961 by University of California Press.
Paperback edition 1999 by Islamic Book Trust, Malaysia.
This book is a personal gift from a Muslim friend.
For more information about the author, see e.g. Muhammad Asad's Journey into Islam or Muhammad Asad - The Road from Mecc

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Another Muslim scholar and thinker, Muhammad Asad, viewed Democracy as perfectly compatible with Islam. In his book The Principles of State and Government in Islam, he notes:
"Viewed from this historical perspective, 'democracy' as conceived in the modern West is infinitely nearer to the Islamic than to the ancient Greek concept of liberty; for Islam maintains that all human beings are socially equal and must, therefore, be given the same opportunities for development and self-expression. On the other hand, Islam makes it incumbent upon Muslims to subordinate their decisions to the guidance of the Divine Law revealed in the Qur'ãn and exemplified by the Prophet: an obligation which imposes definite limits on the community's right to legislate and denies to the 'will of the people' that attribute of sovereignty which forms so integral a part of the Western concept of democracy."

Als Übertreiber [ghulat] werden im Islam Menschen bezeichnet, die einen Aspekt des Islam aus dem Gesamtzusammenhang nehmen, sich darauf konzentrieren und diesen übertreiben.