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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books If Islam Were To Be Established in Iraq Combating Corruption It is necessary for the Islamic government established in any country to fight corruption in its various forms, such as social and economic corruption as well as corruption in various government offices and the civil service, etc.Corruption causes deterioration and backwardness of the nation after its confidence in the government is lost.

Corruption at the level of government offices and agencies results from bribery, favouritism - patronage and nepotism - and procrastination, which consequently result in wastage of time and wealth. It eventually causes public dismay and, in many cases, leads to the downfall of the government.

Imam Ali has been quoted as saying: "Four factors contribute to the downfall of governments: Abandoning the principles, Adhering to arrogance, Favouring contemptible individuals and Disposing the praiseworthy". He has also been quoted as saying: "When contemptible individuals or the young and inexperienced are put in charge of government affairs, it will lead to its disintegration and downfall".

A prominent figure of the Omayyad dynasty was asked for the reason the dynasty fell from grace and government. He replied: "they entrusted major tasks and affairs to the young and inexperienced and assigned minor tasks to prominent figures. Neither the young were competent enough to discharge their duties with respect to the tasks they were assigned, nor the prominent figures carried out their duties because of their disdain and self-esteem . . . and between these two the government was lost.

But why did the Omayyads do that? This is because the young are more susceptible to flattering and obeying orders without questioning whereas the elders are experienced and appreciate the realities and therefore criticise when need be. Hence they removed the elders from major positions and assigned them minor tasks in order to keep them at bay. This is what we have seen with all despotic regimes, and we saw their disgraceful fall from power.

However, if those governments conducted their affairs properly they would have survived many times their lifetime and this is what is expected for the remaining dictators. As for social and moral corruption, there are issues such as uncontrollable spread of alcohol consumption, gambling, adultery, homosexuality, fraud, deception, lie and defamation, etc.