"Islam and the Principles of Governance"... One Hundred Years

A century has passed since the publication of "Islam and the Principles of Governance" by Sheikh Ali Abdel Razek (d. 1966) (April 1925). Nevertheless, the confrontation continues between those who seek "divine sovereignty," interpreting "judgment belongs only to God" (three times in the Qur'an) as political authority, and those who see it as civil, since the verse refers to Sharia law, God's decree and destiny (Ibn Abi al-Hadid, Commentary on Na…