伊斯兰的统治制度与帝国制度完全不相容。伊斯兰所统治的地区虽然由不同的种族构成，并与同一个中心相连，但其统治并非帝国制度，而是与帝国制度相对立的制度。帝国制度在其领土内的各个地区并不平等对待各个种族，而是在统治、财政和经济上给予帝国中心特权。伊斯兰的统治方式则是在国家所有地区的臣民之间确立平等。 伊斯兰赋予持有公民身份的非穆斯林与穆斯林同等的全部权利和义务。他们享有与穆斯林相同的公正待遇，同样承担与穆斯林相同的责任。此外，每一位公民，无论其信仰如何，所享有的权利，甚至连居住在国外、不持有任何国籍的穆斯林也不享有。正是这种平等，使伊斯兰制度与帝国制度截然不同。它不会把其统治下的地区变成殖民地或剥削之地，也不会将其财富源源不断地输送回中心地区以供其自身受益，无论这些地区相距多远、种族多么不同。它将每一个地区都视为国家不可分割的一部分，其公民享有与中心地区公民相同的权利。它还使统治权力、其制度和立法在所有地区都保持一致。

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.