The immense power of the military and security apparatus loyal to the secular state is the reason why both democratic participation and military coups are ineffective at establishing Sharī`ah. (1)
Coming to power via democracy, apart from it requiring you to work within the framework of the already-existing political system, also puts you at the mercy of the military and security apparatus, who would remove you if you fail to please them by secularising. (2)
In the case of Egypt and Algeria, Islāmists who democratically gained political power failed to secularise enough to please yhe military, and were thus removed.
In Turkey, Erdogan had to keep secularising to the point where he no longer even wants Sharī`ah to maintain power. (3)
In Turkey, Erdogan had to keep secularising to the point where he no longer even wants Sharī`ah to maintain power. (3)
Military coups aren’t effective, because although they allow you to control the political system, the military and it’s leaders still exist and still maintain their positions of power, with many of them remaining loyal to the old state and its secular ideology. (4)
An example of failed attempts to establish Sharī`ah via military coups include Zia ul-Haq in Pakistan and Zia ur-Rahmān in Bangladesh, assuming they were even sincere in this quest in the first place. (5)
To conclude, establishing Sharī`ah can only come by abolishing all three political, military and security institutions completely and building a brand new state from scratch, like the Tālibān in Afghānistān and ICU in Somalia did. (6)
This is also the reason why thinking secular Muslim-majority countries having a strong military is a good thing is naive. They exist only to preserve secular occupation and the stronger they are the worse it is for the Muwahhidīn. (7)
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