Western Laws curb Crime Rates?

Even though we constantly hear the West, its allies and the 'modernist' Muslims criticising the punishments ordained by Islam, labelling them as too violent, the crime rate in these Western countries along with those who try to follow them are alarming high as explained in the article below.

Note that USA also has a similar crime rate, if not more.

Democracy - Our lifesaver?

Alhamdulillahi rabbil 'alameen wal 'aqibatulil muttaqeen was salaatu was salaamu 'ala rasoolinal balaaghul mobeen

This topic is of the utmost importance considering the fact this is a point which may even lead to kufr. The ruling regarding this will be given at the end, inshallah. Let us start from the basics.

The Main Problem with Democracy

The problem is that the people decide the laws whereas laws given by Allah and his messenger, Prophet (S), should be followed. The government is in fact giving authority to people to substitute most commands of Allah with their own inferior laws. They are then following themselves instead of following Allah which means that they are actually doing shirk in ibadah (worship/obedience).

Khilafah versus Democracy

Khilafah and Democracy are very similar. However, people mistake khilafah to be like democracy. The real thing is that democracy is a copy of khilafah. The difference between khilafah and democracy is that shariah is the constitution of a khilafat but the elected people make a constitution by themselves.