{"id":6448,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/coexistence-of-the-muslim-sects\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:21:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:21:07","slug":"coexistence-of-the-muslim-sects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/coexistence-of-the-muslim-sects\/","title":{"rendered":"Coexistence Of The Muslim Sects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>I  wonder how would Sunnis and Shia&#8217;s get along in an Islamic government,  especially when comes to selecting a leader? I am sure that there is no  clear answer but I would like to read your insight on the matter.  What  do you think will ultimately happen? Will one side concede to the other  or will they learn to live in peace? Might they end up fighting to the  death? How serious is this issue? I am not all together clear on the  matter.<\/p>\n<div>I  would also like to ask about the Islamic sharia and whether or not an  Islamic Government could function in a country of non-Muslims?<\/div>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>I  will confine myself to explaining the basic teachings of Islam on the  issue. I would request you to try to apply it on different situations  yourself. People adhering to different religions and sects have been and  are getting along with each other in many countries. Shias and Sunnis  should follow the example set by the companions of the Prophet (sws)  after his death. Different groups were expecting the office to go to  them. Aside from difference with Ansar, Muhajirin themselves were not  unanimous. Certainly there were people who supported Ali (rta). But it  was decided that the office should go to the party who enjoys support of  the majority. There is no question of fighting for the power. Every  group is supposed to show tolerance and try to convince people in their  favor after which they have the opportunity to gain power.<\/p>\n<div>As  regards the matter of Islamic government in a Non-Muslim state it is  not possible today. In the past when dictatorship was in vogue it was  quite possible that a minor group rule others for example Muslim\u2019s rule  in India. However there is no such possibility today. Most of the  governments in the world are democratic in nature where you cannot avail  the opportunity without the winning support of the majority. <\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-22<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6448\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I  wonder how would Sunnis and Shia&#8217;s get along in an Islamic government,  especially when comes to selecting a leader? I am sure that there is no  clear answer but I would like to read your insight on the matter.  What  do you think will ultimately happen? Will one side concede to the other  or will they learn to live in peace? Might they end up fighting to the  death? How serious is this issue? I am not all together clear on the  matter.<\/p>\n<div>I  would also like to ask about the Islamic sharia and whether or not an  Islamic Government could function in a country of non-Muslims?<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1191],"tags":[1950,2303,1219,1218,1776],"class_list":["post-6448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-muslim-sects","tag-government","tag-leader","tag-shia","tag-shiaism","tag-sunni"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Coexistence Of The Muslim Sects - Al-Mawrid Queries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/coexistence-of-the-muslim-sects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coexistence Of The Muslim Sects - Al-Mawrid Queries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I wonder how would Sunnis and Shia&#039;s get along in an Islamic government, especially when comes to selecting a leader? 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