The Opposition in the Islamic Thought

If the opposition is made for human rights and justice it is essential or indispensable and if it is made for injustice, cruelty, corruption and mischief it is wrong according to the Qur’an and Sunnah which are the main sources of Islam. Considering the practices of Muslims, it is possible to make an assessment in context of the intellectual and political opposition. However, political opposition has not been seen on the institutional and social level and has always faced a crisis of legitimacy. In the political history of Islam, it was seen that all kinds of opposition was supposed to be “other” by the sovereign political power and it was sought to be condemned by defaming it as illegitimate. A form of political organization, which is shaped on the axis of imamate, sultanate and caliphate, will disclose very different practices than the forms of organization in democratic administrations. Undoubtedly, the principal means of the establishment of human rights and justice is the state mechanism. This mechanism is required to be properly designed and structured, and a powerful opposition whose legislative framework has been identified is required to monitor the practices of the government