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No. 293 | May 202529ciation and conveys vast spiritual significance, it symbolizes a moral and ideological break from oppression, injustice, and idolatry. It doesn%u2019t limit itself to political public administration, it factually represents a spiritual bold line between truth and falsehood, and loyalty to divine values.This religious responsibility is an obligation as the legislation stems firmly from the Glorious Quran with revelations persuading believers to exemplary renounce association, with every sinful act, and as the most significant port of call, all forms of treacherous behavioral tendencies through the worship of other deities apart from Allah. This divine order is central and mainly expressed in a legal maxim codified as %u2018Bara%u2019ah min al-Mushrikin%u2019 (dissociation or exoneration from polytheists)The worship of other deities besides Allah is evidently viewed as the root cause of the most loathed, if not all, evil deeds. The position is, if all people are to gather and serve one Al-Mighty God, who created everything and everyone, thus a realization of a holy and unblemished one center of power which is manifest to the universe and will, merely by its existence, promote order and discipline and in the process destroy greed that usually leads to most of the World%u2019s economic, political and cultural manipulations and subjugations.Qur%u2019an%u2019s Contextual DeclarationThe context of this legislation is drawn from the Quranic foundation as revealed in the 9th Chapter, Verses 1 to 5, and it reads as follows:%u201c1. [This is a declaration of] dissociation, from Allah and His Messenger, to those with whom you had made a treaty among the polytheists.%u201c2. So, travel freely, [O disbelievers], throughout the land [during] four months but know that you cannot cause failure to Allah and that Allah will disgrace the disbelievers.%u201c3. And [it is] an announcement from Allah and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage that Allah is disassociated from the disbelievers, and [so is] His Messenger. So, if you repent, that is best for you; but if you turn away, then know that you will not cause failure to Allah. And give tidings to those who disbelieve of a painful punishment.%u201c4. Excepted are those with whom you made a treaty among the polytheists, and then they have not been deficient toward you in anything or supported anyone against you; so complete for them their treaty until their term [has ended]. Indeed, Allah loves the righteous [who fear Him].%u201c5. And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakat, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.%u201dContemporary and Theological FoundationsThe world has since and fast become a global village in which all its inhabitants, in one way or another, will have to depend on each other. This fast-growing dependence, apart from being appreciated in the realms of progress and substantial development, is also, in a greater sense, a means of survival.Today%u2019s discourse on global warming and greenhouse effects is further highlighting the need to internationalize efforts of curbing such universal catastrophes that, when their calamity descends at full capacity, they usually have no one to spare. Ideally, no religion shall claim holiness and divinity if it doesn%u2019t advocate for peaceful existence, unity, and togetherness of the dwellers of this world across religious and cultural divides. Islam, in all its divine revelations and even through the verses mentioned above, promotes globalization in every aspect that shall be poised to improve the standards of every life in pursuit of making this world a better place.For clarity sake, I should repeat that even in the 5th ayah of the chapter presented above, the religion speaks against terrorism, barbarism, civil unrest, and illegal harming of innocent lives. It also calls believers to stand firm against every form of colonialism, oppression, and falsehood that seeks to undermine the integrity of nations by promoting imperialism and oppression. All of these social