I hope this brief response helps, and invite others to join in this conversation Abdullahi• The second unresolved problem in my mind is this

Turkey is a constitutionally secular state and the present Islamic party support the secular state of Turkey

Muslim constitute the clear majority of the population in more than 40 countries

How can Muslim political leaders, who abide by the Sharia law in their private and communal life, distance themselves completely from their religiously based practices and norms once they are selected voted to a state office? Can it work in two legal systems? Do Muslims is such a case have to re-interpret the Sharia so as to make it conform to the man-made law? I will ask IT colleagues for the way to do that next time

المفكر السودانى د. عبدالله النعيم: علمانية الدولة فريضة إسلامي: I concur to most of the points raised by Prof Al-Naiem in his treatise on the place of Sharia in modern times
بتوقيع عبدالله النعيم: We tend to equate the global Islamic world withe the Arab region
عبد الله أحمد النعيم: Not only that, but it considers polygamy a felony, punishable by law

The fact that he is perhaps the first among Muslims intellectuals to dare challenge accepted norms, has made his path-setting endeavor even more difficult

He is certainly marching into an unchartered terrain, with immense pinholes and dangerous twists and turns

For all of us who accept that the secular state is the solution, the question is how to support and advance what we believe to be right, not what we think other people will follow us or not Throughout human history, if prophets and reformers asked whether their views will be accepted by their people, none of those reforms including Islam itself would have succeeded

How can good leadership and statesmanship ever exist in an individual trying to live by two often irreconcilable dictates? But I am sure his persistence, and open-mindedness will eventually prevail and will secure him a prominent and well-deserved position in this important debate about the future of Sharia in modern times

Abdullahi Ahmed An

In any case, the question should NOT be whether Arab countries of today are likely to accept this view or not.

من هو طارق بن عبدالله النعيم؟: I know that double-citizenship is sometimes allowed in nation-to-nation relations
من هو طارق بن عبدالله النعيم؟: What I am not clear about in his argument is the relation between Muslims as good citizens of the secular Islamic state, living according to their understanding of Islam, on the one hand, and on the other, participating in a secular state that may pass laws they find objectionable from their own religious point of view
عبد الله العلي النعيم: All prophets and reformers said: I believe this to be true and I will call people to it

Or will the state adopts a two—tier legal system, as in Nigeria, permitting thereby individuals to select under which legal system they would like their case to be heard? The Mormon in USA whose faith allows one man more than one wife, while the secular law of the land prohibits such a practice

Abdullahi Ahmed An
من هو عبدالعزيز عبدالله النعيم؟
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Abdullahi Ahmed An

Abdullahi Ahmed An

مشاري عبد الله النعيم