This comes from an English copy of the Quran I am reading right now, "Interpretations of the Meaning of The Nobel Qu'ran in the English Language"
A footnote of Surah Al'Imran (V3:149) "O you who believe! If you obey those who disbelieve, they will send you back on your heels, and you will turn back (from Faith) as losers" so a hadith about Muslims living in the land of polytheists is written in Book of Jihad, Abu Dawud, narrated by Samurah bin Jununb: "Allah's Messenger (PUH) said:"anybody (from among the Muslims) who meets, gathers, lives, and stays (permenantly) with a Mushrik(Polytheist or a bisbeliever in the oneness of Allah) and agrees to his ways, opinions, and (enjoys) his living with him (Mushrik) then he (the Muslim) is like him(Mushrik)". according to the scholar's interpretation: "this Hadith indicates that a Muslim should not stay in a non-Muslim country, or a place where he cannot perform Allah's Islamic obligations, he must emigrate to a Muslim country, where Islam is practiced. " So technically The split of Pakistan from India is obligatory for them as Muslims. That also means perhaps the situation in Europe will have an allocation of land (Europastan?) for the Muslims already living there... another migration underway? |
But how would one interpret "non-Muslim country" today? Back during the time when the Quran was written, religious intolerance was the norm and Muslims living in non-Muslims countries (for example, Christian Europe) would be persecuted if they practiced their religion. However, today it would not be a problem for a Muslim to practice his or her religion in a country where Muslims are a minority, as long as there is a local Muslim community large enough for a mosque and some form of social network.
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The interpretation of the verse is that they should not become friends with non believers and should not be around non believers. Implying they should not live as a minority and emigrate. As there is another Hadith that states parents should make sure their children perform Islamic duties, then political leaders all the way to the top in a national level (like a Caliphate) to make sure the people do it. The European government are clearly not fulfilling Islamic duties. Rise of nationalism will start persecution of Muslims in Europe Like Pakistan split from India, the next step would probably be forming their own nation or nations in Europe On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 12:58 AM qwerty [via Mikraite] <[hidden email]> wrote: But how would one interpret "non-Muslim country" today? Back during the time when the Quran was written, religious intolerance was the norm and Muslims living in non-Muslims countries (for example, Christian Europe) would be persecuted if they practiced their religion. However, today it would not be a problem for a Muslim to practice his or her religion in a country where Muslims are a minority, as long as there is a local Muslim community large enough for a mosque and some form of social network. |
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