Relationship between Religion and Politics in Islam — Page 12
The Relationship Between Religion & Politics 12 made contrary to the fundamental Quranic teaching. But beyond that they will not adopt any rules and regulations which spring from laws as if they were legislative instructions from God. So, leaving that alone, what is left of Shariah is the general principle as enunciated in the Holy Quran, in the light of which an attempt would be made to Islamicise the country’s laws. So far so good. I think the Prime Minister has been able to extricate himself from a very difficult situation, but not for long. The ulema are already at his throat. Also, they are insisting that a Shariah Court should not only be continued—there is already a Shariah Court—to work, but its power should be enhanced. The final authority about whether the law is according to Islam or not should lodge with the Shariah Supreme Court. As such, again, the power balance will be shifted from the elected members of the country to the extremist mullahs. So, once you accept something which is impractical to be imposed, then this will always lead to various troubles and it is impossible for you to carry on without further complications. The Lifestyle of Today’s Muslims is not Truly Islamic That is one area of difficulties. But there is another very impor- tant area of difficulty; that is, the lifestyle of the Muslims in most countries is not truly and profoundly Muslim. You see, you do not require a law of Shariah to say your prayers five times. You do not require the law of Shariah to make you behave honestly. You do not require the law of Shariah to be imposed to make you