If a friend were to ask you to define democracy, you could probably muster up a fairly good response, talking about having elections where the people vote and choose those they want to be in government. And that would be a perfectly fine answer. But then your friend,...

Democracy is a system of government where power is vested in the people. It is a form of government that respects the fundamental human right of citizens to have a say in the decisions that affect their lives. But why is democracy so important? Let’s delve into the...

The word democracy comes from the Greek words demos meaning people, and kratos meaning power; so democracy can be thought of as power of the people a way of governing which depends on the will of the people. There are so many different models of democratic government...

The Meaning of Khilafah The Holy Quraan frequently mentions the words Khaleefah and Khilafah. The Mufassireen (commentators on the Quraan) say that Divine Khilafah has two meanings. One is that everyone who believes in Allah ﷻ is a Khaleefah of Allah. Man is required...

Islamic Perspective on Theocracy The actual meaning of Theocracy is that rule belongs to God, but in Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism there was no proper way of implementing this concept, so it often degenerated into unbridled rule by religious leaders. The...

The Islamic Concept of Government One cannot understand fully the injunctions and guidelines Islam has given about politics and government until one has a correct understanding of the concept of government. Some of us may have, at some time, looked at and analysed...