In this question asking if a Muslim living in a democracy should turn it into an Islamic state, most of the answers seem to agree that the answer is yes, they should. But my question is, why is this preferable to simply emigrating to an already established Islamic state? Doesn't this allow the Muslim to live in an Islamic state as they desire, without having to impose it onto others?

After Othman ibn Affan, the 3rd caliph, was assassinated, did the ummah elect Ali ibn Abu Talib, the prophet's cousin and son in law, to be the next caliph in an election?

- **Are elections, to choose your leader, allowed in Islam?** I have been reading some contradictory opinions on this, on the one hand we have the so called fundamentalists who label it as un-islamic and state that only caliph can rule muslims who is chosen by a group of clerics. On the other hand we have others who say that there is no clear rule of succession in Islam and all previous "Islamic" governments have been infact monarchies and that the act of Election is in effect like giving Bayath to the ruler. - **Is democracy such that the constitution makes it clear that no law can be passed against Islam still shirk?** I read the answers given here https://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/2927/whats-the-limit-of-democracy-in-islam And understood that Democracy in it's most pure form is actually un-islamic. But what is the verdict regarding many "Islamic" countries which argue that since the consitution is based on Islam, the law creating bodies can never pass any law against Islam and is therefore a kind of Islamic democracy.

I have read elections are not allowed in Islam (for example, here: https://islamqa.info/en/98134 ). Nevertheless, I would like to have more proofs and understand why. Of course, any government must satisfy Sharia (this is, logically, compulsory). But, what about choosing the government? I mean, should we accept a government and its members without questioning? How do governors start their government? How can we be sure that they are the best to follow Allah's rules? As we can see in today's Islamic countries, governments are not the best when they have to follow Sharia. So, I don't understand how a person (or a group of people) can govern a country without any control. I think it's not the best way (not 100% sure) that a country follow Sharia. *Therefore, I would like to have proofs and understand what is the best thing according to Islam and how a person (group of people) can start to govern a country.*

I was once listening to a ruler of a non muslim nation saying that " I will give the power to the people of this country" And i said to myself that "no you will eat it up all by yourself'. Is this regarded as something that shows support for democracy?and is it regarded as going against the Shariah even though the leader was of a nation that was originally disbelieving.

I was reading up on shirk and came across this. http://from.the.depths.of.darkness.into.light.over-blog.com/article-answer-on-the-ambiguity-about-the-obedience-and-following-in-shirk-122974582.html The definition of TAGHUT in the Shariah is ‘anyone who exceeds the proper limits by ascribing to himself any of the rights of Allah (Subhana wa ta‘ala) and makes himself a partner with Allah (Subhana wa ta‘ala)’ >Obedience to the legislation of the Taghut, because it’s (law) from the Taghut. This is shirk in obedience to the Taghut, because this obedience recognizes the right of the legislation and the duty to submit to it. > >"For example, if the law of the Taghut obligates us to stop for a red light and we obey by obedience to the Taghut, than we commit shirk in obedience. But if we obey for another reason, for example to avoid an accident, we won’t commit shirk, nor a sin." Can someone explain this to me.

Suppose there is a country with Islamic government, if there was an election and 60% of the people voted for a secular government for example, would the Islamic government give up power or not?

Related to [this question](https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/1110/2469) : Should Muslims who live in a secular democracy (like the United States) attempt to turn the country into an Islamic state? For example, should Muslims support ammendments to the U.S. Constitution that abolish the separation of church and state and that establish Islam as the national religion of the U.S.? Should they vote for political parties that would legislate based on Islamic teachings?