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We don't need to be debt slaves however we should be secularists. The Quran should Judge religious affairs and us lifely affairs.
They [the believers] employ consultations among themselves” (ash-Shura 38).
Consultation involves various interpretation of religious law and how we can maintain a functioning state. The prophet didn't lead a fully fledged states those who came after him did. Consultation also leads to a system of democracy.After the prophet(S.A.W) passed away through representatives Umar was chosen to lead the Ummah.Unlike shiism Sunnis believes in a form of democracy through representatives. There is no successor of the prophet anywhere in the Quran which is the main reason he didn't have any sons growing up.
This leads to the believe there is no divine leader other than the prophet and all those who came after him had no divine legitimacy.infact the Islamic governments varied from semi democratic to fully authoritarian.these governments had secularism in the sense that religion was limited to its affairs while governance was altered according to the wisdom of the king. A good read on this would be Ibn Khalduns book on muqqadimih.
The only area government and religion clashes is on aspects of 'morality' and laws relating to it. Gay Marriage, Abortion, religious matter. It's like 0.1% of what a government does, 99% of what government focuses on is 'secular' matters. So the smart west said to the church, we will let the 0.1% that are divivise sit on the back burner and told the church 'hey u can rule the church,we won't interfere', and in return the church lets the secularist rule the 'state' on the provision they stick and deal with only secular/progress matters basically earthly things. This meant the 99% united them and let the 0.1% sit on backburner, guess what they 'steamed' away into progress, with everyone know his 'jurisdiction', even though they have 'teething problems' when things regarding religions are passed, which is kind of fair, don't enter the 'religious' realm, let them be, and they should in return let us be in matters of 'earthly' affairs.
Even our camel nomads are the same, clan elders deal with secular matters at a tribal level, environment level, water level, security issues and the imam deals with the religious matter. It's always been divided responsibilities in our culture!!! Even the caliphate was divided like that sxb!!!
There is simply no other way you can do it because the quran doesn't deal with 'state' matters or progress things. It doesn't deal with how to create medicines, roads, businesses, security, schools, hospitals, water, agriculture, fishery, and basically the 99% of things we SECULARIST AND NON SECULARIST alike all need to survive!!!
Even the prophet didn't say I will elect an imam to run the military, he got salman farsi cause he had experience in it. Just like u need someone who has experience in government and state matters you cant elect an imam or bring a quran to this matter!!! Islam says seek till china on 'knowledge' matters, which is secularism!!! because knowledge has no religion and has no role to play in it!!!
I hope to see a Somali drop the 'identity' politics such as religion, race, tribe, parties and just seek knowledge all the way to 'israel' even, we are not there to talk with them on religion, we are there to siphon out knowledge to better our lives!!! Lets not fall into this 'stupid' trap the arabs have in matters of religion and state, lets just cut our own path and 'f*ck them off' and their 'jahiliyah'