The State in Islamic Political Thought: With Special Reference to the Position of Non-Muslim as Members of Parliament.

Abstract

The Islamic law (shari’ah) refrains from providing detailed regulations for all changing requirements of our social existence. It is for the community to evolve the relevant comprehensive regulation and legislation through an exercise of independent reasoning(ijtihad) in consonance with the spirit of Islamic law and the best interests of the nation. This article try to look at how the idea of state was emerged ,what are the objectives of the state and the differences between an Islamic and secular state. This will followed with the elaboration on the status, the rights and obligations of non-Muslim as citizens in an Islamic state and on what basis that the non-Muslim citizens are also enjoy the same rights as Muslim enjoy and shoulder the same responsibility except for the post of the head of the state (uli al-amri) in an Islamic state.