Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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PhD student in Public Law, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch, Qeshm
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Professor, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran,
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Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
10.30510/psi.2022.329321.3103
Abstract
Politics is at the heart of the teachings of Islam, and the concept of apolitical Islam is misused. The Islamic system is a legal religious system that has a constitution and a constitution. This law is derived from the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet. The legal state of Islam has no special title or attribute except Islamic. The Qur'an and the Prophet's tradition also affirm the principles of democracy. The religion of Islam accepts democracy in the sense of paying attention to the position of the people in government. Democracy means not imposing unwanted conditions on the people through many means such as elections, referendums, the right of majority rule, multiplicity of parties, the right of minority opposition, freedom of the press and media, and the abolition of extremism. Such an nature of democracy is not only not contrary to Islam but is very close to the spirit of Islam. The aim of this study was to investigate the compatibility of democracy in the systematization of Islamic governments in the Middle East by descriptive analytical method. In this study, the three principles of public oversight, political equality, and the possibility of public decision-making about regulations and policies in modern Islam, which are the most important principles of democracy in systematizing governments, were examined. The results showed that the three principles studied in all areas of modern Islam were compatible with democracy.
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