Bangladesh: The Islamic state and practicality

a Bengali in TO explains why an Islamic state is impractical. “Today, however, the clerics have dubious motives for issuing edicts – be it money, power, fame or cultural reasons. Thus, we cannot trust our ulemah to interpret Islam in a just manner, and one of the main pillars of an “Islamic” state thus falls.”

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