The Future Modern Islamic Leader

Gregory Morsewww.gmorsecode.com

gregory.morse@live.com

1 IntroductionThe calls for a Caliphate are ever heard from the increasingly oppressed Ummah whose cries for justice have yet to be unanswered in this world. Yet the world today is largely different than the world of old with culture, expectations and details of every aspect of life from the home to transportation to social structure has evolved with the technology of the modern age. The technology itself is not necessary forbidden in Islam or inherently bad nor is its consequences. But as Muslims we must adapt our religious duties and beliefs to the changes and this is a necessity on us so that we can continue to follow a straight and right path.

2 The Problem is CorruptionThe problem with the current world is primarily that corruption and mischief are the norm and justice is never served. Yet the criminals who are ruling the earth behind the scenes have perfect their system so that they are generally trained like spies to be covert and clever at committing crimes so it is extremely hard to catch them while they keep a layer of plausible deniability. Technology has assisted them in increasing their crimes behind a shield of what they believe is security and comfort-ability.

3 The Leader Must Be Uniting and Not DivisiveWe live in a world where divisiveness in the Muslim lands is the distinguishing feature of nearly every problem and argument or tragedy which occurs. 90% of Islam can be agreed upon by all Muslims and is so rich and deep that a lifetime is not enough to cover all the information and have a perfect depth of understanding of just this 90%. Yet the Muslims of our time dwell on the 10% fighting wars over it or creating conflict and endless tragedy. This 10% should be deeply and legitimately investigated in a productive and open-hearted and open-minded manner at the various scholarly institutions. Yet an Islamic leader that will unite this Ummah will need to not subscribe to any sect or give preference to any. By simply avoiding the 10% of controversial issues that generally are relegated to historical facts and preferences to certain historical figures as opposed to the religion itself, the Ummah has the chance of uniting to its own benefit.

4 The Leader Must Be a Practical HumanWe do not live in a time where riding camels and horses for transportation is any longer practical and modern conveyances are certainly appropriate. People communicate now with telephones and other long range mechanisms. Yet humans will still be humans until the day when no one has any friend or helper. The human side must be ever present. In a world with so many people how can humanity and practicality be converged? The leader must be accessible in a personal manner to the people. The greatest leader Muhammad (peace be upon him) showed us this to be possible and lived a humanist life despite being the

most spiritually upright. A leader is not only a spiritual leader but a humanist leader. Humanism is in everything from the facial expressions, touches of friendship or understanding and tone of voice. If the people do not have access to the leader through some human outlet then the leader can never truly represent those people. The leader must spend time in the mosque with the people on a daily basis answering their questions and needs. The system to limit the time as to be practical must be fair and just so that everyone gets an opportunity and especially the oppressed or those in most need of help are not corruptly blocked from the one most able to help them.

5 The Leader Must Be PiousThe leader should be respected above all for piety and devotion in faith. If the leader captures the hearts of the people with faith and not favors or material benefits bestowed, with grace and gentleness not harshness and ruthlessness, with prayers and not elegant speeches where that which is promised is never delivered. The loyalty of the following that comes from such a leader will be happy to lay down their lives and wealth for such a ruler. No hidden slavery or coercion mechanisms would need to be used to create obedience if the love for the ruler is proper.

6 The Leader Must Be Respected for HumilityThe leader should set the best example far over every other person. The leader makes a greater sacrifice and thus must live a far more humble life. The life should be as humble as the poorest member of society. This is a motivation for the leader to create a better situation for the Ummah as if the poorest member of society has increased their situation then so can the leader while remaining the most humble.

7 The Leader Must Bring JusticeThe leader must indiscriminately serve justice. The rich spy families who are the most corrupt in today’s world will be the great enemies of an authentic Islamic leader and their grips over various economic and military foundations must be broken and immediately they must be detained and punished in the justice system. The justice must be so complete that every member of society has no fear of speaking the truth knowing that if the leader finds out about even one situation of injustice, it will be immediately corrected.

8 Islam and the Ummah will Dominate the World through an Example to MankindThe Ummah is blessed with the most wealth in the world yet the disunity makes this wealth largely meaningless with enslavement physically, mentally or spiritually a disaster in the Muslim world. If the Ummah joined under a common leader with sincerity, the concentrated wealth along with the great strategic resources would shake the rest of the world and collapse any resistance. The Ummah is blessed with this wealth and resources which gives the opportunity to be the world leaders and ring about peace and justice. Yet the world will only accept the Ummah as a natural ruler or in civic terms a trustworthy empire if the Ummah sets a great example and practices the beautiful religion which they preach.

9 ConclusionA caliph who unites the East and the West can indeed achieve justice and harmony here on earth if the opportunity comes. Such an opportunity is on the horizon given the degraded situation of the current

world. So this conclusion will be the heart of the paper as the practical guideline I have come up with which would show a decent and trustworthy ruler in a world of corruption and injustice.

Thus hereby is presented the first 10 days and hopefully soon thereafter the first 3 months of the Islamic Caliphate which restores justice to a corrupted world.

Day 1: Turn all leadership offices into buildings which only do business of serving the people and eliminate any residency parts. The leader should pitch a tent and sleep in the front lawn of the building until a humble apartment somewhere else in the same town or city is acquired.

Day 2: Reform the military by meeting military leaders and replacing them to restructure the entire military program to place faith as the number one priority far above any physical activities.

Day 3: Designate prayer rooms in every government and public building with accommodations for all faiths.

Day 4: Visit the prisons and hospitals and make sure the living conditions and situation is spiritual and adequate. Spend several nights residing in a cell there and conducting all business from there as a testament to the dedication to justice.

Day 5: Surprise visits to various government offices to inspect their operations and identify and non-Islamic practices or verify that the operations are clean and legitimate.

Day 6: Dedicating a large amount of resources to create branch of the government which investigates all reported cases of oppression or persecution and does all that is possible to take them seriously and come up with a true resolution. This would be the Islamic intelligence and security branch which would also be encouraged to investigate itself given the corruption that can creep into such a protector.

Day 7: Eliminate all banking structures that partake in usurious dealings and eliminate all debt through write-offs or payment.

Day 8: Begin going after open and public sin activity such as consumption and distribution of alcohol with charity duty incumbent on those caught.

Day 9: Increase salaries of all police and judges and work other policies to eliminate all corruption from the justice keepers of society.

Day 10: Remove all statues and portraits from all government buildings and replace them with the name of Allah and Muhammad.