Originally posted by Dust
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Suppose a leader of Muslims does not pray 5 times a day, this nullifies his position as a leader.
Similarly, if a person does not pray 5 times a day, he can never try to impose shariah on others.
And just like the 5 daily prayers there are thousands of other aspects of Shariah that need to be implemented on individual and collective level.
Shariah is not that ambigious. If you fail to implement it, it is due to other reasons than interpretation.
Let as take a look at Saudi Arabia. The country claims to be a Shari'i state. But it is actually a monarchy. To use the correct Aristotelian term to describe the politics of Saudi Arabia, it would be classified as a tyranny.
The king is a tyrant and he supercedes all laws. He prevents people other than the ones he has selected in his council to issue rulings.
It is a well known fact that the prophet muhammad saww commanded people to never allow Jews and Christians to establish on the holy land. But the Saudi king not only allowed them to return, but he went as far as allowing Saudi soil to be used as a launghing ground to attack Iraq, Afghanistan and sooner or later, Iran.
Likewise there are many other forms of corruption in Saudi Arabia. And this is because the ruling elite, and the king in paticular prevents the law from being implemented because it might harm his interests.
The law is crystal clear. Everyone can have access to the sources of law. Quran and sahih ahadith are available everywhere. Even online.
But people who do go against it like Saudi kingdom has, is clearly not a case of misinterpretation. But corrupted minds and greed.

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