An Islamic state is a dialectical condition between socio-political structures and the Ummah's consciousness. Both support each other, and neither is effective without the other. An Islamic consciousness neutralized by an alien superimposition and a political regime governed by external principles constitute, therefore, the two-pronged dominative foundations of the Western discourse.
The potency of this discursive formation does not derive solely from its confrontational practice, but more so from its subtle nature and euphemistic language. Its intricacies make it extremely difficult for other than an elaborate deconstructive approach to expose its theoretical and practical meanings and implications. With the exception of Iran, this discourse has been largely successful in neutralizing the dialectical process of politics and consciousness in most Islamic countries.
As long as those two poles are kept apart, liberal democracy as a dominative project will continue to slice irresistably through the Ummah's consciousness irrespective of the nature of its ruling regimes. As a promise of salvation rooted in a Western discourse, it will displace political Islam. Unless this veil of salvation is torn down, the Muslim Ummah will remain in a perpetual state of spiritual and material defeat. For all practical purposes, liberal democracy may have freedom to offer to the West; for the East, however, it has only domination to offer. The East and the West, after all, are much more than mere geographical poles.
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