The Anti-Islam Democracy is in Crisis, Yet Muslims are Asked to Save it with Their Votes!
(Translated)
News:
In Denmark, as in many other Western countries, public and political discourse is increasingly influenced by openly anti-Islam currents. Discussions of re-migration - the deportation of non-Western residents - have moved from fringe movements to mainstream political debate. At the same time, the rhetoric on integration has intensified, with Muslims increasingly portrayed as a group that must either fully integrate or leave.
Despite this hostile climate, politicians, civil society, and even some Islamic figures are urging Muslims to "take responsibility" by participating in the democratic process, especially in the upcoming local and national elections. This call comes even as the political environment becomes increasingly repressive and openly hostile to Islam. In a deliberate gesture of initial support, Morten Messerschmidt, the leader of the far-right Danish People's Party, known for his virulent hate speech against Islam and Muslims, was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog, a gesture many saw as governmental endorsement of racism and populism. Meanwhile, the broader political scene is witnessing an intellectual decline. Traditional parties are losing public confidence, and both the right and the left are engaging in a race to the bottom, competing to appear the toughest on immigration and Islam. The upcoming parliamentary elections are expected to be even more dangerous, with Islam and Muslims once again being seen as a convenient scapegoat for a system suffering from a deep crisis.
Comment:
Western democracy is collapsing politically, morally, and intellectually. This system, which has pretended for decades to be the protector of freedom and justice, is now revealing its reality as a dilapidated intellectual project, resorting, in the absence of real solutions or vision, to targeting Muslims to maintain a facade of control and legitimacy.
We are now witnessing the same symptoms that historically preceded revolutions or major social upheavals: a deep lack of confidence in political institutions, a loss of principled coherence, and a political discourse that is becoming increasingly aggressive and irrational. When ideas die, identity politics arise, and when principle fails, nationalism and fabricated enemies take their place. Today, as in the past, that enemy is Islam.
It is precisely in this environment that Muslims are now being called upon to engage more than ever in the democratic system. But how can it be reasonable that at a time when Islam and Muslims are being openly attacked, and even discussed as candidates for deportation, Muslims are at the same time being asked to empower the very system that orchestrates this hostility?!
This contradiction is based on a dangerous illusion: the idea that democracy is a neutral tool that Muslims can use to their advantage. In reality, democracy is not neutral; it is a system based on secularism, where sovereignty belongs to the people, not to God. Under this system, Islam is not only excluded from the public sphere, but is treated as a threat. Supporting this system politically is not only ineffective, but is a rejection of the solution that God has set for us, ﴿Do they then seek the judgement of [the time of] ignorance? But who is better than Allah in judgement for a people who are certain [in faith].﴾.
Instead of directing our energies, resources, and hopes to support a failed and hostile system, Muslims in the West must turn to the task commanded by Allah Almighty, which is to establish the Khilafah according to the method of the Prophet ﷺ. This is not just a divine duty, but it is the only realistic and effective way to truly advance Muslims around the world and protect their dignity locally. A state that carries Islam as its principle will immediately change the global discourse, and gain respect through political will, intellectual strength, and economic power. Islam will not rise with ballot boxes, but by adopting a comprehensive system for life, society, and the state. And Muslims will not be protected by integrating into a dying system, but by restoring the authority of Islam, to lead humanity once again with justice, truth, and light.
Written for the Media Office of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Ibrahim Al-Atrash
