Much of the Arab world reels under the political consequences of the long colonial subjugation and foreign intervention-induced complications in national social conditions. Even after attaining formal political independence, these nations have been characterized by military dictatorships and 'captive democracies', nullifying expectations of just governance and true freedoms that people have reason to value. Almost invariably, many of these nations are ruled by modern-day pharaohs of this world: playing God on earth, these pharaohs in their insatiable quest for perpetual power, seek total dominance in the land: the despotic regimes unleash mechanisms of administrative excesses and thought control, choking all critical
spaces and voices within. The strategies and
tactics invariably lead to political fraud, crony capitalism/economic corruption, and military repression, stifling people's right to good governance and freedom of choice. When injustice
penetrates, overwhelms and exhausts state institutions with rampant corruption and pervasive oppression; resistance against
evil, revolt against injustice, and rebellion against the oppressive order
becomes the duty of the people.
In his Friday Sermon of 24 May 2024, Imam- Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam International Hazrat Muhyiuddin Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (aba) of Mauritius provides a deep insight into contemporary political developments, especially with reference to regime change in Algeria against the wider backdrop of the Arab peoples' open revolt against gross abuse of authority by wily politicians and military dictators in their lands in the last decade. In this spiritual discourse, Hazrat Khalifatullah (aba) underscores
the need for Muslims to commit themselves to the Islamic Way and the lawful methods
in the fight against political oppression and the social evils within. Moreover,
Hazrat Saheb (aba) calls attention to the great need for change and political reforms
in the Muslim nations; a transition from military oppression to a peaceful and
democratic frame of governance where people are able to breathe freely, and
exercise their choices with responsibility and God-consciousness, Insha Allah, Aameen.
Read the Friday Sermon Below:
