Function of the Index
According to the structure of this index, it gathers the claim-atom pages within the book Religion and Power and links them to the index of claims. Each link below leads to an independent atom; collecting atoms in a single index does not mean that they are synonymous or that they constitute a single claim.
The Trajectory of Sovereignty
In an account that the book explicitly attributes to Abu al-Qasim Haj Hamad, human sovereignty is presented as a stage toward which humanity gradually advanced in order to govern itself, alongside the designations divine sovereignty, vicegerency sovereignty, and human sovereignty. For detailed review: Haj Hamad’s sovereignty consists of gradual stages, The three stages of sovereignty, The Book’s human sovereignty transfers legislation to humanity.
Other Links on the Subject of Sovereignty
Sovereignty belongs to God alone, Qutbian sovereignty divides the world into Islam and jahiliyya.
Claim-Atom Pages
- The verses of al-Ma’ida are historical rulings
- Forms of despotism reinforce one another
- Internal and external occupation
- Old tools impede Islamic knowledge
- Despotism as three allied powers
- Despotism can only be resisted through freedom
- Idols are not intrinsically prohibited
- Acts prohibited on human grounds
- Coercion in the name of religion contradicts its essence
- Coercion is excused in some cases
- Human beings regulate only what is permitted
- Kindness to parents is an innate value
- Articulation is acquired through learning
- Traditional allegiance and obedience support despotism
- Prohibition is an exclusively divine prerogative
- Islamic heritage has itself become a religion
- The heritage conflated rule and sovereignty
- Human legislation does not add prohibitions
- Human legislation is variable
- Legislation is the prerogative of elected councils
- Jahiliyya is redefined to include the modern West
- Jihad becomes a revolutionary idea
- Qutbian sovereignty divides the world into Islam and jahiliyya
- Haj Hamad’s sovereignty consists of gradual stages
- Sovereignty belongs to God alone
- Freedom is the basis of humanity
- Freedom is part of human innate nature
- Freedom is a condition of worship
- Freedom is a condition for human maneuvering
- Freedom is limited by multiple constraints
- Freedom is connected to the firmest handhold
- Wine and gambling are forbidden, not prohibited
- The Kharijites arose from political conflict
- The constitution as a human social contract
- The civil state rests on pluralism
- The civil state opposes despotism
- The state consists of three elements
- Liberal democracy enables the civil state
- Islamic religion accords with innate nature
- Religion does not conflict with civil society
- Religion and power are distinct
- Religion rests on voluntariness and choice
- Apostasy is not a Qur’anic ruling
- The Muhammadan message eases legislative restrictions
- The Muhammadan message has three purposes
- Religious authority as Haman
- Political authority as Pharaoh
- Financial authority as Korah
- Authority intervenes through coercion
- Authority does not coerce in rituals
- Sharia closes the door to human prohibition
- Rituals lie outside political legislation
- Prayer, almsgiving, fasting, and pilgrimage are rituals
- Taghut is coercive authority
- Tyranny impedes development
- Worship is broader than rituals
- Violence is a final stage of jihad
- Violence is justified by establishing the desired system
- The separation of religion and power
- Innate nature is the basis of sound judgment
- Islamic jurisprudence is historical civil law
- Jurists’ role is confined to rituals
- Disbelief is a hostile stance toward freedom
- Qur’anic narratives encode historical laws
- Civil society safeguards creativity and work
- Qur’anic prohibitions are fixed and limited
- Knowledge requires a new rupture
- Legal prohibition differs from religious prohibition
- Forbidden matters are subject to independent reasoning
- Citizenship is the highest allegiance
- The charter precedes the constitution
- Forbidding is distinct from prohibition
- National allegiance and defense of the homeland
- Ahl al-dhimma is a historical term
- Europe has transcended inherited symbols
- The distinction among religion, power, and the state
- Jihad of the word includes speaking the truth
- Vicegerency sovereignty rests on subjection
- The Book’s human sovereignty transfers legislation to humanity
- Freedom of peaceful expression
- Conflating jurisprudence with legislation causes an impasse
- Rejection of permanent religious allegiance
- Disobedience to parents carries no hadd punishment
- Separation of powers in the civil state
- The suppression of freedom legitimates jihad
- Many rulings are remnants from earlier times
- “No compulsion in religion” is a generic negation
- The three stages of sovereignty
- Resisting the occupier is a collective duty