Here is an excerpt from 'Jihad of the Pen' another rambling lecture from a sect of the RoP that is very active in Canada website http://www.alislam.org/index.php related here - http://www.muslimsforpeace.org/resources.html:
(source of below text: http://www.alislam.org/library/links/00000064.html)
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I will now try to give a brief exposition of the composition and structure of the Islamic state. I have already stated that in Islam, God alone is the real sovereign. Keeping this cardinal principle in mind, if we consider the position of those persons who set out to enforce God's law on earth, it is but natural to say that they should be regarded as representatives of the Supreme Ruler. Islam has assigned precisely this very position to them. Accordingly the Holy Quran says:
Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do righteous deeds that He will assuredly make them to succeed (the present rulers) and grant them vicegerency in the land just as He made those before them to succeed others.
The verse illustrates very clearly the Islamic theory of state. Two fundamental points emerge from it.
1. The first point that Islam uses the term vicegerency (Khilafat) instead of sovereignty. Since, according to Islam, sovereignty belongs to God alone, anyone who holds power and rules in accordance with the laws of God would undoubtedly be the vicegerent of the Supreme Ruler and would not be authorised to exercise any powers other than those delegated to him.
2. The second point stated in the verse is that the power to rule over the earth has been promised to the whole community of believers; it has not been stated that any particular person or class among them will be raised to that position. From this it follows that all believers are repositories of the Caliphate. The Caliphate granted by God is not a limited one. There is no reservation in favour of any family, class, or race. Every believer is a Caliph of God in his individual capacity. By virtue of this position he is individually responsible to God. The Holy Prophet has said: ......... Everyone of you is a ruler and everyone is answerable for his subjects......... Thus one Caliph is in no way inferior to another.....
From the above it is obvious that the aim of the writer is to exhort Muslims to take over power and enforce Islam. Doing righteous deeds seems to be of secondary importance. Terrestrial power should be arrogantly taken in hand with the support of the above-mentioned interpretation of a Quranic verse.
Although Allah promises Khilafat for those among the believers who do righteous deeds, yet we see the total misguidedness of the interpretation. Even the very concept of Khilafat has been willfully distorted to suit man-made philosophies.
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Do not dismiss any reference to the Islamic State as some Middle East hell hole. The 'beliefs' and commands in this case are to Muslims in any place to change that non-Muslim place into a Islamic State: Islam divides the world into three parts: dar-al-Islam, dar-al-Sulh and dar-al-Harb. The House of Islam, the House of Truce and the House of War.
In the dar-al-Islam (House of Islam), everyone lives under the Islamic Law, the Sharia. The Sharia controls all aspects of life, including social, domestic, private political and religious life.
In the dar-al-Sulh (House of Truce), a temporary truce is made with the unbelievers. This is where the dhimmis live. The Sharia cannot be implemented completely in this area.
In the dar-al-Harb (House of War), there is a war of conquest being waged against the unbelievers. Assassination and terrorism are common weapons in the war.
The House of Islam referred to all the lands under Muslim control and government.
The House of War referred to all those lands outside Muslim control, the lands of the infidels.
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