Ok guys here's the thing: @SyedaShehlaRaza claims that Madinah ki riyasat can't have non-Muslims as office holders. Right so shall we take a look at how things were at the time of the caliphs? Let's do some research, cite some books and articles for a change?
So without getting into the debate of whether Ahmadis are Muslims or non-Muslims as that's for the scholars to do, but let's say we go with Shehla Raza's argument on appointing non-Muslims to government, do we see examples of non-Muslims holding high office in Muslim governments?
And the answer is yes, here are some excerpts from "The public role of Dhimmīs during ʿAbbāsid times" Bulletin of SO AS, 74, 2 (2011), 187-204. School of Oriental and African Studies, 2011.
"Most, if not all, viziers and secretaries [of the Abbasid empire], were non- Arabs, either non-Muslims or converts who had been familiar with this imported tradition. Now, why non-Muslims precisely? Because of their ability and experience non-Muslims were often Now, why -"
"Now, why non-Muslims precisely? Because of their ability and experience non-Muslims were often kept as administrators, clerks, tax collectors, even as viziers and governors. Well-trained bureaucrats of Persian and Byzantine origin were in ever greater demand to administer -"
"-an institution that was somehow alien to the Arab culture. Experts in finance and bureaucratic, they brough to their work the wisdom passed on by generations of experience. Christian subjects in particular had experience in the Byzantine administration, and their knowledge -"
"- of several languages - Roman, Syriac, Persian and Armenian, in addition to Arabic - made it easier for them to benefit from the experience of other civilizations. In most cases the experiences and educational abilities of Christians made acceptance of their services a great -"
"-benefit. Fatimid recruitment of viziers was no different. They found some non-Muslims to be highly qualified for the post of vizierate. As A. S. Tritton puts it, "The Fatimids attached great importance to the post of chief secretary, and chose their secretaries, both Muslims -"
"-both Muslims and [non-Muslims], for their skill in writing. The 'Abbasid caliph al-Muetadid also expressed strong confidence in Christians and preferred them to others. During his reign, the governor of Anbar, Umar ibn Yusuf, was a Christian, and the caliph approved of the -"
the caliph approved of the appointment on the ground that Christians were found to be competent. It is related that his vizier, Ubaydullah ibn Sulayman, was reluctant to appoint Christians to public office. Al-Mutadid advised him as follows:
"If you found a Christian suitable for any office, you should appoint him."
So yeah guys, that's all. Fight ignorance with education.
So yeah guys, that's all. Fight ignorance with education.
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