Politics in Muslim Countries Today between the Political Philosophies of Imam al-Māwardī, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke

Nothing went wrong in Muslim countries as politics did in recent times. The political leaders of Muslim countries are more inept, incompetent, and hopeless in the contemporary world than at any time in the past. Contemporary Muslim politicians have utterly failed in their local politics as well as in their international politics. There is no law and order in many Muslim countries. People in Muslim countries are oppressed and suppressed more than in many other countries. Corruption, fraud, injustice, and aggression are more widespread in Muslim countries than in many non-Muslim countries. Many Muslim countries have widespread despotism, dictatorship, autocracy, and tyranny. Mismanagement, political malpractice, abuse, and violence are more widespread in many Muslim countries today than in non-Muslim countries. In short, Muslim politicians have utterly failed in their politics today than at any time in the past. They have also utterly failed in their international politics too. Muslim voices are not heard, appreciated, and respected at all in international affairs. Muslim leaders do not have any influence either in international organizations or in regional organizations. The leaders of Muslim countries have been exploited, disappointed, and conned by some western countries. Muslim political leaders are not allowed to challenge or question western leaders in any international affairs, and they have been marginalised systematically and deliberately by western political leaders. Just consider how many times Arab and Muslim leaders have been humiliated, demeaned, and disgraced in international affairs such as Iraq, Syrian Afghanistan and the Palestine problems by some western political leaders.<br> <br>How many times, western leaders have supported the state of Israel in the UN’s resolution against the Palestinians? Almost all Muslim countries are made as western colonies today. Any western country could invade any Muslim country without any approval from Muslim leaders. The natural sources of Muslim countries are exploited by western countries as they like and yet, Muslim leaders are treated very badly by western leaders today than at any time in Muslim history. How did the arts of politics and public administration descend into this level of decay and disintegration? This is despite the fact, that many classical Muslim jurists produced some brilliant political theories, principles, and doctrines long before western political philosophers produced their political ideas. Books and treatises on politics and public administration by Imam al-Māwardī, al-Shaybani, Ibn Taymiyyah and others are par excellent than many western political philosophies and yet, Muslim politicians have utterly failed to apply Islamic political theories in their practical political life. As a result of this, Islamic political ideas are ignored and marginalised. Here I’m trying to compare the political thoughts of Imam al-Māwardī, - with the political philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke to gauge and evaluate some similarities and dissimilarities between their political concepts and ideas. More importantly to explore why and how Muslim politicians have failed, and western politicians have succeeded? <br>