Fallacy in the philosophical foundation of secular system...
Fallacy in the philosophical foundation of secular system This is how they justify what they are doing, but there is a profound fallacy in it for all citizens to be equal in citizenship is not a corollary of the equality of all human beings in humanity. The equality of all human beings in humanity is an issue which Islam has upheld before and more than the rest.
Indeed the noblest of you in the sight of Allah is the most God-wary among you… ” [^1] The Qur’an categorically negates distinction and superiority between human beings, presenting them as children of the same parents, siblings without any distinction and superiority. This issue has never been mentioned in any other heavenly scriptures in such an eloquent manner. As Muslims, we also believe that all human beings are equal in humanity and humanness has no first or second class.
As Sa’di say: بنی آدم اعضای يک ديگرند که در آفرينش زيک گوهرند The children of Adam who are of one essence in creation are parts of one another. However, this does not mean that all human beings in all countries equally enjoy the legal rights of a citizen. As a principle in international law, it has been accepted throughout the world that citizenship has its peculiar conditions, rights and merits.
A person might migrate from his country of origin and live for many years in another country which might benefit a lot from his services but he would not be granted citizenship in that country because of particular laws and rules. Even if it is granted it might be a second class citizenship which does not accrue all the privileges of a native. This fact exists everywhere in the world.
We do not have first and second class human beings but we may have first and second class citizens, and this is something which is also accepted in Islam. We must be vigilant and aware that Western states present their dictatorship as “democracy” in order to realize their wicked motives. We should not be deceived by them. Advancing the new theory about democracy is actually a kind of dictatorship that deprives the Muslims of practicing their religious obligations in those countries.