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I, the great and almightly Seikuu, (no jk, just being pompous) have finished both the taliban-summary, and the summary of islamic capital punishment (gallow/diorama). Go to discussions to get them. Just writing it here in case you people didn't notice that there are new posts. ... .... ..... ...... ...... ..... ..... .... .... ... Group 1 question- Islam 1. What influence does the belief system have on politics? This is the poster chart thing of the authorities in an Islamic government <span style="color: rgb(10, 27, 184);"><span style="color: rgb(50, 89, 139);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(30, 42, 241);"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  **//Si Won- Group Members//** Si Won (Curator) Theo (Writer) Vivian (Graphic artist) Michael, Jonathan (Collector/Researcher) We aren't supposed to have plagiarized material. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(30, 42, 241);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">If you're going to take notes of things/highlight things/whatever, do it outside of this wikispace. SURE

<span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(226, 34, 34); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The political system of Islam is based on the three principles of towhid (Oneness of Allah), risala (Prophethood) and Khilifa (Caliphate) <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Majority (Shunii's, Shi'ites) Talibs (Muslim extremists) Black Muslim (Muslim amongs negroes)
 * Three types of Islam:

Islam - Background "It is Allah's will."** <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> Muhammad is the guy that started this whole religion. He worked for a wealthy woman named Khadija as a trade caravan driver in Mecca, a city in Western Arabia, around 600 A.D. When he was twenty-five, he got married to Khadija, who was forty. They lived together for ten years, and then he started going out to a cave for some alone time. He was stunned by how people were worshipping all kinds of idols. Muhammad was all about uniting the Arabs into one religion. One time while he was in his cave, he claimed that an angel (Gabriel) brought him some revelations from God. The angel told him God wanted him to be a prophet. This totally freaked him out. He didn't write down any of what Gabriel said ('cause he was illiterate), but he memorized it all. When he went home and told Khadija, she believed him and encouraged him to pursue it. Now, he got a lot of grief about everything he had experienced from the people in twon -- most of the bigwigs were really threatened by it all. So Muhammad and his followers pretty much had to move out, and they went to a city called Medina. This is a huge event in Muslim history -- It's the yar Muhammad declared himself to be a prophet of Allah (God) and the year the Muslim calendar starts. After a few years, Muhammad and his followers went back to mecca and conquered it. From the on Islam began to spreak like wildfire. Muhammad continued to have visions for the rest of his life, and he propagated his religion with military zeal. He didn't appont a successor to follow him -- this caused a lot of arguments among his followers and eventually caused Islam to break into two divisions, The Shunni, and the Shi'ite. Muhammad claimed to be god's last messenger on earth


 * Islam - Taliban (Muslim Extremists)- "Allah's Army"**

In the late 1970s, Russia invaded Afghanistan. A buncch of people were sent to refugee camps in Pakistan. It was here that some students began to interpret Islamic law in a really extreme way -- they were called students of the Islamic Knowledge movemts (or Talibs). In 1989, Russia pulled all of its army out of Afghanistan and a certain group of people called the Mujaheedin were in control. One of their leaders and some of his followers raped three Islamic women one day, and the leader of the Taliban students planned to kill this guy and his friends. That's when the Taliban started to grow, and their goal was to get control of Afghanistan and apply the Islamic law (as they saw it) to the government. On September 27, 1996, they took over KAbul. One person described the city as having streets "full of young bearded men in black turbans, high on Koran and battle." The Taliban students would run around with whips, beating anyone who they thought was being "un-Islamic." When the Taliban took over, they captured their enemies' weapons

· Oneness of Allah (towhid) o Allah is the creator, sustainer and master of the universe o Allah makes the law, he is the leader <span style="color: rgb(84, 105, 182);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">o Allah has the right to make decisions for us <span style="color: rgb(100, 133, 180);">o We cannot decide the aim and purpose of our existence or to set the limits of our worldly authority <span style="color: rgb(100, 133, 180);"> o No individual, family, class or race can set themselves above Allah. · Prophethood (risala) o The medium in which Allah communicates his law, consisting of the Qur’an and the prophet Muhammad <span style="color: rgb(78, 106, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(80, 82, 159);"><span style="color: rgb(78, 106, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(65, 113, 190);"><span style="color: rgb(80, 82, 159);"><span style="color: rgb(87, 128, 193);">o <span style="color: rgb(80, 82, 159);"><span style="color: rgb(87, 128, 193);"> The Qur'ran   <span style="color: rgb(87, 128, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(80, 82, 159);">laid down the broad principles on which human life should be based and the Prophet of Allah <span style="color: rgb(87, 128, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(78, 106, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(80, 82, 159);"><span style="color: rgb(78, 106, 193);"><span style="color: rgb(65, 113, 190);"><span style="color: rgb(80, 82, 159);">o The Qur'an states    that the aim and purpose of this state is the establishment, maintenance and development of those virtues which the Creator wishes human life to be enriched by and the prevention and eradication of those evils in human life which He finds abhorrent

· Caliphate (khilifa) <span style="color: rgb(65, 108, 155);">o Representative of Allah on earth, His vice-gerent o Man is the representation of Allah on earth, terrestrial Allah. o Khilifa cannot apply to a single individual · Ultimate leader is Allah, people are his representatives. · “Leaders” are simply administrators, they must follow the opinion and wishes of the people · Purpose of the state is to maintain virtues that humans “should” have o Destruction of evils · Fundamental rules that must be followed o Human blood must not be shed, except for in extreme circumstances o Cannot oppress women, children, sick, wounded o Respect women’s honor and chastity o Provide food/clothes/treatment for anyone who needs it · Amir = leader, similar to president or prime minister o Vote for election <span style="color: rgb(62, 117, 193);"> o A Muslim ipso facto becomes the citizen of an Islamic state as soon as he sets food on its territory with the intention of living there and thus enjoys equal rights along with those who acquire its citizenship by birth o Have both virtue and ability o Advisory council guides the amir o Amir retains office as long as the majority of the people is satisfied with him <span style="color: rgb(46, 102, 158);"> o No one may deprive anyone else of his rights and powers o Whoever gains their confidence will undertake the duties and obligations of the caliphate on their behalf; and when he loses this confidence he will have to <span style="color: rgb(36, 113, 174);">step down <span style="color: rgb(36, 113, 174);"> o  The Islamic state may not interfere with the personal rights of non-Muslims, who have full freedom of conscience and belief and are at liberty to perform their religious rites and ceremonies in their own way o  Not only may they propagate their religion, they are even entitled to criticize Islam within the limits laid down by law and decency.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(57, 121, 177);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 140%; color: rgb(233, 22, 22); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individuals should try


 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(57, 121, 177);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> To fulfil all contracts and obligations
 * <span style="color: rgb(57, 121, 177);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To have uniform standards in dealings
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(57, 121, 177);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> To remember obligations along with rights and not to forget the rights of others when expecting them to fulfil their obligations
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(57, 121, 177);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> To use power and authority for the establishment of justice and not for the perpetration of injustice
 * <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(57, 121, 177);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> To look upon duty as a sacred obligation and to fulfil it scrupulously
 * <span style="color: rgb(57, 121, 177);"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">To regard power as a trust from Allah to be used in the belief that one has to render an account of one's actions to Him in the life Hereafter

http://www.islamawareness.net/Politics/framework.html

Here's my information (moved from a discussion) It is about the government and the citation can be found in the discussion -Jonathan -In a Muslim country, Allah is the highest authority. All governments must obey his word and rule according to his word. A government cant make laws that contradict Allah's word. A government does not have any more privileges than the people and is still affected by the same laws that affect the people. Since governments are also subject to Allah's word, a commitee of people specialized in knowledge of Allah's words make sure that the government is not contradicting Allah.

-All people in an Islamic state should be treated equally. Everyone has equal rights, and there should be no discrimination. No one is supposed to be treated better than others beause of race, gender, age etc. Everyone has rights designated by Allah. They have freedom to a certain extent, and the government may not limit that more or add to that.

-Non Muslims are also to be treated the same as Muslims in an Islamic state. They are to have the same rights as Muslims and have to be treated equally. These people are called dhimmis, which means the covenanted. This is because the Islamic state has made a covenant with them that guarantees thier fair treatment. The life on a Non Muslim should not be interfered with so long as he obeys the law.

-An Islamic state is led by an Amir. The Amir is elected by the people. The Amir makes decisions along with the Shura, which is a consultative council that gices advice to the Amir. The Amir may keep his office as long as the people are satisfied with his rule, and must resign when the people are unhappy.

-Since all people are supposed to have equal rights in an Islamic state, in Islamic states, all power must be equally distributed. This means that Muslim countries should be democracies, so that all people have equal power.

-The aim of a government in an Islamic country is to promote values and qualities Allah says are right, and also to make the people live according to Allah's word. A government must at all times make decisions based on justice, truth, and honesty. It must listen to Allah's word at all costs.

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