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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books If Islam Were To Be Established in Iraq Valuing Professionals The prophet Joseph said: "I am a good guardian and expert"44. Professional and technical jobs require reliability for which Joseph said "good guardian" as well as expertise for which he said, "good expert". Therefore it is important that the young Islamic government pays good attention to experts and professionals in every field of the government.

Loyalty towards the government should not be the only criterion in appointing staff to a position. Such policies would cause complications and difficulties. Should this happen, the management of the government would be in unqualified and incompetent hands, which would subsequently result in many mistakes and errors. The presence of government loyalists within its agencies must be balanced with the provision of necessary expertise in order to safeguard the country and its progress.

The presence of one group without the other would result in the state of the country resembling that of a bird with one wing. We have witnessed the destruction caused as a result of such policies in countries governed by revolutionaries after military coup d'état. The state of destruction was such that people of the country wished the previous government back.

A poet pictures this state of affair in his poem as: Would the oppression of Sons of Marwan45 come back to us And would the justice of Sons of Abbas46 never was The holy Qur'an: Joseph [^12]: 55. Refers to a tyrant dynasty that began its bloodthirsty rule of the Islamic State in 685, i.e. 55 years after the death of the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (S).

In such cases revolutionaries and government loyalists cause more difficulties by confiscation, imprisonment, executions and making empty promises - all in a bid to strengthen their positions of power and force people to accept that they are the best. This way, they enter into confrontation with the people, subsequently leading to their own downfall. It is possible to address the problem of reliability and expertise by pairing one with the other.

Although this could prove difficult, the difficulty of giving the helm to anyone of them is even greater, and will have a worse consequence. Clearly, this is not possible in a despotic regime in which power is centralised because unquestioned power corrupts and gets corrupted.