2.4 Umbo la mfumo wa kisheria wa Kiislamu si wa kifalme
2.4 The shape of the Islamic ruling system is not imperial
Mfumo wa Kifalme wa utawala hauendani kabisa na mfumo wa Kiislamu. Maeneo yanayotawaliwa na Uislamu - ingawa yanajumuisha mbio mbalimbali na yameunganishwa na kitovu kimoja - hayatawaliwi kwa mfumo wa Kifalme bali kwa mfumo unaopingana na mfumo wa Kifalme. Mfumo wa Kifalme haitendi mbio sawa katika maeneo mbalimbali ya himaya, badala yake huwapa upendeleo katika utawala, fedha na uchumi kitovu cha himaya. Njia ya Kiislamu ya kutawala ni kuanzisha usawa kati ya raia katika maeneo yote ya Dola. Uislamu huwapa wasio Waislamu wenye uraia haki kamili na wajibu sawa na Waislamu. Wanafurahia haki sawa na Waislamu na wanawajibika kwa uwajibikaji uleule. Zaidi ya hayo, kila raia, bila kujali imani yake, anafurahia haki ambazo hata Mwislamu anayeishi nje ya nchi asiye na uraia hana. Kwa usawa huu, mfumo wa Kiislamu unatofautiana kabisa na wa Kifalme. Haugeuzi maeneo yaliyo chini ya utawala wake kuwa koloni, maeneo ya unyonyaji, wala chanzo cha utajiri unaopelekwa kitovuni kwa manufaa yake yenyewe, bila kujali yalivyo mbali, na bila kujali mbio zao zilivyo tofauti. Mfumo huo unachukulia kila eneo kuwa sehemu isiyogawanyika ya Dola, na raia wake wanafurahia haki sawa na wale wa kitovu. Pia unafanya mamlaka ya utawala, mfumo wake na sheria zake kuwa zilezile katika maeneo yote.
The Imperial system of government is completely inconsistent with the Islamic one. The regions ruled by Islam - although composed of various races and linked to one central place - are not ruled by an Imperial system but by a system contradictory to the Imperial system. The Imperial system does not treat races equally in the various regions of the empire, rather gives privileges, in the ruling, finance and economy to the centre of the empire. The Islamic way of ruling is to establish equality between the subjects in all the regions of the State. Islam grants non-muslims who hold citizenship, the full rights and duties that Muslims have. They enjoy the same fairness as Muslims and are subject to the same accountability as them. Furthermore, every single citizen, regardless of his or her creed, enjoys rights that even a Muslim living abroad who holds no citizenship does not enjoy. With this equality, the Islamic system differs completely from the Imperial one. It does not make the regions under its rule into colonies, areas of exploitation, nor a source of wealth funneled back into the central region for it’s own benefit, no matter how far apart they were, and no matter how different their races were. It considers every single region as an indivisible part of the State and its citizens enjoy the same rights as those in the central region. It also makes the ruling authority, its system and its legislation the same in all the regions.