Abdur-Raheem Green – Islam & Democracy

About this lecture

In this lecture, Abdur-Raheem Green delivers a comprehensive Islamic critique of democracy, arguing that at its philosophical core — the sovereignty and legislative authority of the people — democracy is fundamentally incompatible with Islam, which holds that all sovereignty and legislation belong to Allah alone. Drawing on Quranic verses, prophetic hadith, and the example of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, he calls on Muslims to take pride in Islam's own system of governance, including the principle of shura (consultation), rather than trying to reconcile or rebrand Islam as "democratic." He also challenges Muslims to reclaim Islam's historical legacy of justice, equality, and rule of law, and warns against the intellectual domination of Western culture.