Canadian Imam Sayyid Rizvi is a senior respected leader who is active in guiding the Canadian Muslim community. Imam Rizvi released a statement that was uploaded Nov 21 2020 concerning the “Islamization” situation in France
The country that gifted the statue of Liberty to the Americans itself is now curbing the rights of Muslim women to where the hijab in government buildings. And now on the pretext of fighting extremism president macron has asked Muslim leaders to accept a charter of Republican values… What they will do through this Charter is monitor and control the accreditation of the Imams. And this is where we have a problem with it. The charter also says that foreign interference in Muslim groups will be prohibited. Video
Democracy is a man-made system, meaning rule by the people for the people. Thus it is contrary to Islam, because rule is for Allaah, the Most High, the Almighty, and it is not permissible to give legislative rights to any human being, no matter who he is.
It says in Mawsoo’at al-Adyaan wa’l-Madhaahib al-Mu’aasirah (2/1066, 1067):
Undoubtedly the democratic system is one of the modern forms of shirk, in terms of obedience and following, or legislation, as it denies the sovereignty of the Creator and His absolute right to issue laws,