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ALL MP’S AND PARTIES ARE THE SAME
There are MPs like Jeremy Corbyn who voted against the Iraq war and who campaigns tirelessly for Palestine. And there are other MPs like Andrew Dismore who backed the Iraq war, supports Israel and uses every opportunity to attack innocent Muslims. Fifty-nine Labour MPs rebelled against Blair and voted against the war – if we’d voted in more MPs like them then Britain could not have attacked Iraq.”
The parties have all pretty much ignored what Muslims think because Muslims always just blindly voted Labour – so Labour took our votes for granted and the other parties knew the Muslims were Labour voters, so they ignored us too and focused on people who might consider voting for them. We can make a change!
Remember the Jewish people use to be oppressed and hated in the UK 200 years ago, what did they do? They got involved in the political system and now they have laws against anti-semitism and much more...The african people in america also were oppressed, what did they do/ they stood up, got involved in politics and voted...We can make a change...
Topic: Islamically it is Haraam to vote!
This is the argument sent out by a minority of people. They fail to realise we live in a democratic country where they pay their taxes, insurance which all go to the Government.
They also fail to realise that in Surah al Ma’idah verse 3 Allah enjoins people to do good and forbid evil…By not voting you are encouraging evil because you are letting someone in who will support wars. They also fail to realise if Muslims do not stand up for themselves politically they will be attacked and demonized even more. So by voting you are doing jihad of enjoining Good… Also Narrated by Amr ibn Hushaym: "We heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: When the people see a wrongdoer and do not prevent him, Allah will soon punish them all." Abu Dawood, Book 37, Number 4324
Fatwa’s of Voting being halal is given:
“I'll just give you one specific example. Suppose you have two candidates for president, for example. Both of them might be not even sympathetic to just Muslim causes, suppose. In most cases that is actually the situation... However, in terms of relative harm and benefit which is a rule of Shariah it may be the collective wisdom, for example, of Muslim voters that one of them would do even greater harm to Muslim causes than the other... Well in that case, obviously, the lesser of the two harms, i.e. electing or voting for someone who will do less harm to Muslims obviously would be much better than sitting on the sidelines and just criticizing both and doing nothing about it... Voting for them and supporting them in elections is not necessarily an agreement with everything that the law, by way of laws and regulations. But at least it would be for that particular, limited purpose.” [Dr. Jamal Badawi, Islamic Society of North America; Islamic Information Foundation]
It has long been my position that any type of participation in democracy is a type of approval of that system. I have no doubt that democracy is antithical to Islam. However, having read and listened to the sayings of many scholars on this issue, and being faced with the reality of a growing Muslim population here in the UK, who for all intents and purposes consider this their home, it has become clear to me that we must participate in every aspect of society as much as possible to ensure our rights and continued existence and well being in this society. This participation most certainly includes voting for whichever party or candidate best serves the needs and interests of the UK and indeed world wide Muslim population. This does not mean approval or acceptance of the ideal of democracy, but the intention is to use the means and avenues available to benefit the Muslims. The Prophet (saws) did not approve of the system of tribalism in Arabia, in fact he condemned it, but this did not stop the Prophet (saws) from accepting the protection of his uncle and the tribe of Banu Haashim. In addition to that it seems to me that the evil of participation is far less than the evil that will befall the Muslims if we do not, and the Shariah teaches us always to choose the path of lesser evil. This has been expounded and clarified by the scholars. [Shaykh Abdur Raheem Green, Dawah Administrator, Central Mosque, London]
What do you think?
Peace
There are MPs like Jeremy Corbyn who voted against the Iraq war and who campaigns tirelessly for Palestine. And there are other MPs like Andrew Dismore who backed the Iraq war, supports Israel and uses every opportunity to attack innocent Muslims. Fifty-nine Labour MPs rebelled against Blair and voted against the war – if we’d voted in more MPs like them then Britain could not have attacked Iraq.”
The parties have all pretty much ignored what Muslims think because Muslims always just blindly voted Labour – so Labour took our votes for granted and the other parties knew the Muslims were Labour voters, so they ignored us too and focused on people who might consider voting for them. We can make a change!
Remember the Jewish people use to be oppressed and hated in the UK 200 years ago, what did they do? They got involved in the political system and now they have laws against anti-semitism and much more...The african people in america also were oppressed, what did they do/ they stood up, got involved in politics and voted...We can make a change...
Topic: Islamically it is Haraam to vote!
This is the argument sent out by a minority of people. They fail to realise we live in a democratic country where they pay their taxes, insurance which all go to the Government.
They also fail to realise that in Surah al Ma’idah verse 3 Allah enjoins people to do good and forbid evil…By not voting you are encouraging evil because you are letting someone in who will support wars. They also fail to realise if Muslims do not stand up for themselves politically they will be attacked and demonized even more. So by voting you are doing jihad of enjoining Good… Also Narrated by Amr ibn Hushaym: "We heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: When the people see a wrongdoer and do not prevent him, Allah will soon punish them all." Abu Dawood, Book 37, Number 4324
Fatwa’s of Voting being halal is given:
“I'll just give you one specific example. Suppose you have two candidates for president, for example. Both of them might be not even sympathetic to just Muslim causes, suppose. In most cases that is actually the situation... However, in terms of relative harm and benefit which is a rule of Shariah it may be the collective wisdom, for example, of Muslim voters that one of them would do even greater harm to Muslim causes than the other... Well in that case, obviously, the lesser of the two harms, i.e. electing or voting for someone who will do less harm to Muslims obviously would be much better than sitting on the sidelines and just criticizing both and doing nothing about it... Voting for them and supporting them in elections is not necessarily an agreement with everything that the law, by way of laws and regulations. But at least it would be for that particular, limited purpose.” [Dr. Jamal Badawi, Islamic Society of North America; Islamic Information Foundation]
It has long been my position that any type of participation in democracy is a type of approval of that system. I have no doubt that democracy is antithical to Islam. However, having read and listened to the sayings of many scholars on this issue, and being faced with the reality of a growing Muslim population here in the UK, who for all intents and purposes consider this their home, it has become clear to me that we must participate in every aspect of society as much as possible to ensure our rights and continued existence and well being in this society. This participation most certainly includes voting for whichever party or candidate best serves the needs and interests of the UK and indeed world wide Muslim population. This does not mean approval or acceptance of the ideal of democracy, but the intention is to use the means and avenues available to benefit the Muslims. The Prophet (saws) did not approve of the system of tribalism in Arabia, in fact he condemned it, but this did not stop the Prophet (saws) from accepting the protection of his uncle and the tribe of Banu Haashim. In addition to that it seems to me that the evil of participation is far less than the evil that will befall the Muslims if we do not, and the Shariah teaches us always to choose the path of lesser evil. This has been expounded and clarified by the scholars. [Shaykh Abdur Raheem Green, Dawah Administrator, Central Mosque, London]
What do you think?
Peace