The Truth about the Alleged Punishment for Apostasy in Islam — Page 24
24 human beings they are is concerned, once they have achieved democratic power, and the representative status from the populace, then their fatwas must necessarily be considered legitimate and their 'definition' must become acceptable—I would give a reply to such an idea, again, in the words of Maud u d i Sahib. He writes: 'A democratic election has the exact analogy of the process of churning to extract butter. 14 If the milk is poisonous, then the butter that will be extracted from it would naturally be even more poisonous than the milk itself. … Thus, those who have this whim that if the areas characterized by Muslim-majority are freed from the hegemony of the [overall] Hindu majority and a democratic order is established in them then this will result in the establishment of a theocracy * , their conjecture is wrong. In fact, as a result of this, what would be achieved would only be the Disbelievers’ Government ** by the Muslims. ' 15 But these are the assertions of yesterday. Today, a different litany is being heard. Is this how Islam 14 What a great analogy—there is no denying it! But notice, also, the conclusion he draws from it. [Author] * H ak u mati Il a h i ; literally, "Government of God". [Translator] ** " Musalm a nu n k i K a fir a na H ak u mat ". [Translator] 15 Ibid Page 132.