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225 14 Trust and Accountability The word 'trust', as employed by the Quran, inevitably leads to the subject of accountability. It is so tragic that the worldly democratic institutions are completely negligent of this responsibility of their trust, which they must discharge towards the people who elect them. Likewise, they are accountable to God, Who lays His trust in them. The blame for injustice and oppression in democratic societies where trusts are betrayed, lies squarely on the shoulders of such institutions and individuals who are primarily responsible for their breach of trust both to man and to God. Whenever an elected organisation or an individual fails to hand over this trust to those deserving of it, the end result is the emergence of many ills in society. Instead of absolute justice, man ends up facing oppression and cruelty. Thus, the Quran does not impose any single form of government upon the whole world. To do so would be against the very dictates of justice. However, mention is made of the democratic political system in preference over all other systems of government. At the same time, the Quran requires every type of government to discharge its responsibility with a sense of answerability to God.