In the Aftermath of World War II

In the Aftermath of World War II (halal) were revealed. If, as Hazrat Aisha noted, the Quran had outlawed the consumption of alcohol at the outset itself, people would have declared that they would never stop drinking. If the Quran had forbidden adultery at the very outset, they would have refused ever to stop indulging in it. In Muslim lands, the Ulama involved in movements to enforce Islamic law assumed that because the majority of the inhabitants of these countries were Muslims, they were, by definition, in favour of Islamic law. This, however, was a complete misreading of reality. The fact is that the present-day generation of Muslims is a cultural entity, far from being a religious community. Hence, it is wrong to assume, even about people who pray and fast and go on the Hajj or Umrah, that they want political power to be in the hands of the Ulama, who would impose Shariah laws on them. The unrealistic politics of the Ulama in the Muslim countries have produced a situation which we can adequately appreciate in the light of the hadith narrated by Hazrat Aisha, referred to above. Without preparing the populace to welcome and willingly accept Islamic laws, the Ulama have sought to impose these laws, including those related to the consumption of liquor