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Islamic Awaking and 99% Revolutions: A sign of new Governance for the Future of the World

Mahdi Movahed-Abtahi

Part one When I looked at Islamic uprisings in the Middle East countries and 99% movements in Western countries - as an interdisciplinary researcher and a critical analyst -, I found a similar pattern in them:

·        The governments of such Islamic countries have attained –as they supposed- their lawfulness and legitimacy from the the Quran (Sura: al-Nisa, Verse 59).

·        This verse emphasizes that people should obey the God (Allah), then obey the prophet, and then obey those who have province

{Al-Nisa, 59: O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final determination}.

(النساء 59: یا أَیُّهَا الَّذینَ آمَنُوا أَطیعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطیعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِی الْأَمْرِ مِنْکُمْ فَإِنْ تَنازَعْتُمْ فی‏ شَیْ‏ءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ الرَّسُولِ إِنْ کُنْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْیَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ذلِکَ خَیْرٌ وَ أَحْسَنُ تَأْویلاً) 

·         Malik Fahd and Malik Abdellah in Soudi Arabia (as two lifetime governors), Mobarak in Egypt (as a lifetime president), Qadafi in Lybia (as a lifetime president), Abdellah Salih in Yemen, Bashar Asad in Syria (as a lifetime president), and so one have/had obtained allegiance from their people to become lawful for governance and authority. Even, the fallen government of Taliban in Afghanistan is another example of this authority because they claimed that they were the Caliphs of the prophet government! However, it did not continue. Of course, Iran is experiencing the governance of Vilayat-e-Faqih, a unique version of interpretation of this verse that is not similar to these exaples.

·        The traditions received from the prophet of Islam and their Ahlal-Bayt confirm that the authority and governance in this verse belongs to 12 divine innocent Imams of Shia while the Sunni belive that other non-divine and non-innocent leader are eligible for it.

·        All of these governance, auhorities, and lifetime presidencies have a common idea: no any one can or could not reject them after they became governor. This conclusion is an expression of divine governance in which no any human authority opposes it.

It seems that a divine-will is behind these events: the God (Allah) guids and manages them to a new position for the world in the future.

To be continued…..

Read this article in Farsi (Persian) language from this link