Raw Story: “He argues that while Islam forbids intoxicants, it does not treat addiction as an existential threat. “The primary purpose of law in Islam is to preserve life and order in society, not to create a machine of incarceration and punishment.” According to Malik, declaring “war” on drugs is a breach of both US constitutional and Islamic principals: “The War on Drugs and the War on Terror have both given way to legalized injustice. Using the rhetoric of ‘war’ tends to subvert constitutional safeguards in the legal system, thus eroding our commitment to democracy.”
In regards to the Prophet Mohammed, Malik believes that his law was intended to protect people and not destroy their lives: “His aim was not to punish people, but to save them from their wrong behavior.””
