Khaled Abu Toameh
January 11, 2013
Government should be only in the hands of Allah."
Why are radical Muslims opposed to the upcoming parliamentary election in Jordan?
Because they believe that democracy is in contradiction with Islam's
concept of the sovereignty of Allah's law. They argue that Islam and
democracy cannot go together, and they are obviously right, especially
if one considers the experiences of people living under Hamas and the
Muslim Brotherhood.
Thanks to the "Arab Spring," which has seen the rise of Islamists to
power in a number of countries, Muslim extremists today feel free to
express their opinion on political and religious issues.
One of them, Abed Shehadeh, leader of the Salafi Jihadi movement in Jordan, ruled this week that democracy in its concept as "ruling of the people by the people" and "should be forbidden in Islam."
Shehadeh, who is also known as Abu Mohammad Tahawi, explained that
sovereignty and government belong to Allah alone and not to the people.
He said that the upcoming parliamentary elections, which are
scheduled for January 23, were forbidden and contradictory to Islamic
Shariah "because the parliament legislates laws and regulations that
contradict Allah's law."
Shehadeh also criticized electoral programs presented by the
candidates and lists. He said that the "the electoral slogans used by
the candidates were "impossible to implement on the ground."
He urged Jordanians to boycott the elections because "choosing legislators other than Allah is forbidden."
The Salafi Jihadi leader's call for boycotting the election does not
seem to have fallen on deaf ears in Jordan, where many voters seem
determined to boycott the vote.
Although it is banned in Jordan, the Salafi Jihadi movement has
managed to recruit several thousand supporters over the past few years.
In April 2011, the movement held one of its largest demonstrations in the industrial town of Zarqa north of Amman. Eighty-three policemen were wounded, including four who were stabbed by Salafis.
It now remains to be seen whether the Salafi Jihadists will resort to violence to prevent or foil the parliamentary election.
Jordanian security officials have expressed deep concern over the
radical movement's involvement in the civil war in Syria. Dozens of
Jordanian Salafis have crossed the border to join various Islamist
terror groups waging Jihad [holy war] against Syrian dictator Bashar
Assad's regime.
The Jordanians' biggest fear is that when the Salafis are done with
Syria, they will intensify their efforts to turn the kingdom into an
Islamic state.
The Jordanian Salafis who are fighting in Syria are not seeking to
install democracy. Nor are they seeking to enable Syrians to hold free
and democratic elections to choose their representatives. As their
leader, Shehadeh, explained, democracy and elections are forbidden in
Islam.
The Salafis, like other radical Islamist groups, want to establish an
Islamic empire and impose strict Shariah laws on Arabs and Muslims.
They are convinced that sovereignty and "government should be only in
the hands of Allah," who has entrusted them with serving as his
representatives and messengers on earth.
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