Why is religion not separated from the state, considering man's opinion as the criterion, as in the West?
Why is religion not separated from the state, considering man's opinion as the criterion, as in the West?
The western experience came as a reaction to the dominance and alliance between the church and the state, by dominating people's properties and minds during the middle ages. However, the Islamic world has never faced such a problem due to the practicality and rationality of the Islamic system.
The right religion that came from the Creator is only one religion. It is built upon belief in the One and Only Creator and worshiping Him alone. Anything else other than this is invented by people. It will be sufficient to visit India, for instance, and say in public: "The ...
This question is the result of a misconception about the Creator and comparing Him to the creation. Such misconception is refuted by mind and logic, for instance:
If man wants to disobey Allah, then, he must not eat from His provision and must go out of His land and seek a secure place where Allah cannot see Him. And when the angel of death comes to take his soul, let him ask for a respite to repent ...
There is something called the sound Fitrah (natural disposition) or the sound logic. So, whatever conforms to logic and to the sound natural disposition and the sound mind is from Allah, and whatever is complicated is from human beings.
