Moral Consistency

by Mawar Alias mawaralias@yahoo.com
Date: Apr 17, 2005 10:31 AM
Subject: Moral Consistency

For a Muslim the end never justifies the means, no
matter what the aggravation. Unlike most un-Islamic
movements, who are Machiavellian even in excess of
their own teachings, the Islamic movement must be
principled in action.

How many people or parties actually practice what they
preach in either the executive or legislative branch
of government? These people and parties do not
subscribe to a spiritual and moral creed designed to
protect them from the hypocrisy endemic in the arena
of politics.

The interests of secular people change and are
translated into party programs, and these are often
directed toward the self-serving advantage of party
leaders, who sell out the interests of their
supporters for personal gain. They gain power easily
and manipulate it even more easily, because they are
not constrained by religious and moral obligations.
Instead they have objectives, strategies, and tactics
that need to he accomplished regardless of the cost.

In contrast, the labourers in the Islamic field do not
work for themselves. They are bound by religious and
moral obligations, which they cannot discard or
change.

This characteristic of moral consistency is based on
five principles:

a) Islamic work must not be contaminated by any
un-Islamic means in pursuit of its goals and
objectives, even if these means be only words or
slogans.

b) Islam is an organic whole and cannot be
partitioned. Giving up part of it is abandoning it
all.

c) Islam requires major effort and sacrifice.

d) Righteous people must be on guard against those of
the non-Muslims who have a disease in their hearts,
and the righteous must remain close to Allah so they
cannot be easily swayed or accept the imposition of
unsuitable solutions.

e) Truth and knowledge of right and wrong can be known
only from revelation, not from human reason alone, and
one must accept divinely revealed truth even it be
against one’s will. From the Islamic perspective,
dishonesty and cheating people, regardless of how
small the matter, is hypocrisy.
Sources:
"To Be a Muslim" - Fathi Yakun, pp. 72-74

Nota Bene
I have no idea who Mawar Alias (possibly a nom de plume) is, but the writings are edifying and deserve a wider audience.

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