Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 4
4 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH constitutional monarchy. There is no need, or benefit, of adopting any specific system in the name of religion. The real object is to spread the faith. Why should we be overly concerned with the organizational system under which this work is done? In the present age, the newly educated and westernized youth have engaged in this debate. In fact, the misguided notion of freedom, which has developed among the Muslims of today under the influence of various philosophies, is lurking behind this issue. They raise this issue repeatedly and insist that this situation defames religion and turns the newly educated class away from religion. They conclude that it is better to keep both religion and politics separate and in their respective places. Under the influence of the West, the underlying current of these thoughts had long been in motion, but no Muslim had the courage to discuss them openly. When the Turkish Khilafat was destroyed, and Kemal Ataturk abolished the institution of Khilafat in Turkey, a commotion erupted in the entire Muslim world. Orthodox Muslims started forming Khilafat Committees. Many Khilafat Committees were also established in India, and people declared that they would fight this outrage [of absolution of Khilafat]. When people, who already had misgivings about the matter, witnessed that a victorious and honoured king supported their views by his actions, they became bolder in declaring their ideas and even wrote