Muslim Nations Quotes



Here Khomeini takes the classic Islamic view of the Koran that leaders should be obeyed unless they do not follow Islam. To the leaders of Islamic nations, this means that even if the state is not a theocracy, the Muslim clergy has the final say as to whether a ruler may justly remain in power since they are the ones who determine if a ruler is properly following Islam.


Ironically, this has been the central problem in the Islamic world ever since. Turkey which became a modern secular state has largely emerged from poverty, and there are a few small oil-rich monarchies that are not poor. But no Islamic religious state has ever developed substantially and emerged from poverty.