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thinking and planning should not be based on what
transpired in the past.

39 Are you hopeful for the future of
the Muslim community?

es, I am very hopeful, provided they abandon violence
Yat all cost. Be it Palestine or Kashmir, they should take
no excuse and adopt peace unilaterally. Once they do so,
they will allow the conscience of the other party to be
awakened. Peace is essentially interwoven in the nature
of every individual and will therefore certainly prevail if
it is allowed to. Just as soil is necessary for the growth of
a tree, peace is necessary for any community to flourish.

40 Does Islam say anything about

the political process to elect a

government?

ormation of a rule or government is not the goal of
FIslam, and therefore Islam does not prescribe any
absolute model. The main concern of Islam is to convey
to people the creation plan of God.

When it comes to electing a government, Islam does
not endorse a specific model. We can understand this
by observing how the first four caliphs in early Muslim
history were selected. The first caliph, Abu Bakr, was

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