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Introduction
Pakistan- the starting point for Khilafah
Pakistan, Khilafah and the re-unification of the Muslim World
Despite collectively possessing more land, sea, soldiers, material resources and able sons anddaughters than any other nation on the earth, the Muslims find themselves divided into over sixty states, with less ability and control over their affairs than nations that are so tiny they canhardly be seen on the world’s map.Pakistan is no exception. Despite possessing the world’s seventh largest army, nuclear capability, sixth largest population in the world, a rich and diverse agriculture, considerablemineral resources, it finds itself subservient to the will of the colonialists, unable to fulfill its realpotential.The fundamental problem that afflicts the Ummah today is that Allah’s
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sovereigntyhas no presence in the life of the Muslims. Indeed, if one or more strong Muslim countrieswere merged as a Khilafah state within which Islam was implemented, this would be apowerful starting point for the re-unification of the entire Muslim World as the world’s mostpowerful state.This fundamental problem has resulted in many partial problems, such as; poverty, illiteracy,political instability, corruption, nepotism, lack of unity, concentration of wealth in the hands of afew, colonialist domination of our resources, occupation of our lands and the spread of immoralacts.Indeed, for over six decades, whoever came to rule in Pakistan, whether by democraticelections or by military coup, the absence of Islam led to misery and hardship. Allah
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clarifies the main cause,
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“Whosoever turns away from My Reminder verily, for him is a life of hardship.” [Surah Ta-Ha20:124]The failure of both dictatorship and democracy was inevitable because both assign man theright to decide what is Halal and Haram, instead of Allah
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So, matters which areclearly haram in Islam and invite the anger of Allah
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upon the Muslims, such asdealing with Riba (interest), encouraging immodesty and co-operating with the kuffar againstMuslims, are allowed in the current systems. This is why also matters that are clearly fard,such as implementing the Hudood of Allah
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, sending armies to liberate the occupiedIslamic Lands, securing the pure Muslim blood, protecting the Islamic Aqeedah and providingthe essential basic needs, remain suspended. This is why the Muslims witnessed that whichAllah
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commanded is ignored by the current rulers,whilst that which Islam forbade is enforced over the necks of the Muslims.
Islam alone will revive the Muslims