"The politicians cannot establish Islam: their sole aim is to gain power, by whatsoever means possible. And if some people use the name of Islam, they do so to achieve their political aims. Islamic da'wah (message) relies on tabligh (propagation of the message) and shahadah (testimony -- by observing what one preaches to others), whereas the main tool of the political parties is propaganda to achieve their aims.
The difference in the word propaganda and tabligh is not merely of semantics, but they are also world apart in their spirit. The purpose of tabligh is to disseminate the message of Allah faithfully in its true form fully and completely, while propaganda is aimed at making the movement succeed by all possible means, right or wrong. Propaganda is an art developed by modern political movements, and one of its prominent features is its indifference to all the moral obligations which the Prophets of Allah have always regarded as an imperative and a necessary condition for establishing Islam and the Islamic way of life."
-- Shaykh Amin Ahsan Islahi (Rahimahullah)
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