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Islamic laws cannot be implemented in society when the Muslims’ hearts are not attached to Allah. This is a lesson that comes across most clearly from the Muslims’ 13-year struggle in Makkah. The emphasis was not on rituals—there were none—it was an ideological struggle.

If Muslims want to implement Islam in their lives, they cannot use un/anti-Islamic tools to do so. They must clarify their thought processes and cleanse their thinking. The clergy class in South Africa is guilty of using un-Islamic tools to implement Islamic laws. It will not work.

New battle lines are being drawn pitting Muslims against each other. The tussle is between the Madkhalis, a group that insists on not opposing the rulers—it must be nice, for the rulers, that is—and the Kharijis who denounce every Muslim not subscribing to their narrow worldview.