There are always concerns that any system which does not have any checks and balances, the ruler is then left to do as he pleases. This can very quickly descend into a dictatorship and become oppressive for the people. Within the Islamic system due to the power that the Caliph is bestowed with, many feel that the position is dictatorial or very close to it, thus having no mechanisms for…

Two months from now (i.e. the upcoming May) marks a hundred years since the ominous Sykes-Picot Agreement, this agreement which identified the distribution of spoils among the colonial powers France - Britain - Italy, and Russia, which withdrew after the Bolshevik Revolution. Consequently, the forces of colonialism abroad collaborated with some traitors among Muslims for the destruction of the Khilafah "Caliphate" state by Mustafa Kamal and the leaders of the…

The year 711 AH saw the arrival of a young man named Tariq bin Ziyad on the shores of Iberia and what started the expansion of Islam into Europe. 7 years was all it took for the Muslims to take over Iberia, or al-Andalus as it was now called. The people of this land embraced Islam in the thousands, and the establishment of Islam created a society which was envied…

Part 1 of this two part article on ‘Women and their Economic Rights' under the Uthmani Khilafah "Caliphate" gave an insight into the economic environment enjoyed by women during the Ottoman era, as well as the basic economic rights afforded to them by the Shariah and how these were implemented and protected by the institution of the Shariah courts of the state. Part 2 of this article aims to detail…