Islam And The West – Dr. Jordan Peterson
I agree with you. I should have said the western nation state concept is quite aligned with islamic principles of governance —rather than other way round. Thank you for correcting me. As far as the example of a practicing muslim becoming a ruler of a muslim majority country is concerned, i would say when any part of the religion is enacted as a law, it can be referred to as the law of the land or “maroof o munkar” but it’s no longer a part of the religion. For an act to be religious, it has to be “embraced”rather than “enforced” and must be acted upon with free consent rather than for the sake of compliance with social requirements. Based on the above distinction between embracement and enforcement, one can say that an islamic state has nothing to do with religion even if it has a muslim ruler and a muslim majority.