Assalamou Alaykom my friends,
This is one of the greatest Da'wah. Thank you for sharing.
Let me share my opinion.
The principe of letting anyone choose his religion and faith is supported by the Quran. I agree "Quran recognizes a man’s right to privacy in his home" --> Unfortunatly, state allows almost everything forbidden by Allah in public.
Electing = Supporting
Electing someone (or the secular state) who will :
- Approve Homosexual marriage
- Support, finance, and submit to the Criminal state of Israel (Said that he preaches democracy, but remains completely complicit, refuses to see, to acknowledge the crimes against humanity.)
- Approve usury, banks, and insurance
- Approve prostitution and gambling
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The Qur’an has also denounced as Shirk the act of making Halal whatever Allah had made Haram. --> I Think that brother Josef could also add this to the list of idolatry (
http://quransmessage.com/articles/idolatry%20according%20to%20the%20quran%20FM3.htm)
Allah says, “Legislation is for none but Allah. He has commanded that you worship none but Him.” To him this ayah is addressed, “And whosoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed, such are the Kafirun (disbelievers).”
If the state commit Shirk and we vote (so we accept the secular human law) we are particiting in this act of shirk.
Also voting means involvement in the game of politics, a realm that is full of deception. The one who have the most $ (in most case supported by multinationals and zionists criminals), not the one who are the most pure --> I think this is why, we do not have the system of election in our religion (1 man = 1 vote as we are more prone to deception "by media today").
We make the choice to vote or not (acceptance of such people as fit to govern over us)
Finaly, I'm afraid that I cannot agree with "civic duty as a citizen". States lunched this kind of duty so that citizen could submit their own to the state (it's more easy to order citizen throught their duty to the state so they can fight against Iraq or Afganisthan for example).
With Love,
Mehdi.