Salafi study groups reject monarchy and dictatorship as un-Islamic

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Discussions in these improvised classes and among themselves often centered on specific narratives in Islamic history. They would read in Arabic the writings of various classical Muslim scholars, people like Imam Shafi’i, Ibn Hanbal, Ibn Taymiyya, and Ibn Qayyim. When the conversations came around to the divisions and contemporary strife in the Muslim world, they would discuss how rule by monarchs or dictators could never be considered Islamic and how they longed for a time when the worldwide Muslim community, the umma, would reunite and bring dignity and faith back to the people. After all, they understood Islam as the system of the Creator for His creation, the perfect way of life. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 879