Some of the scholars are talking about developing a Fiqh Akliah (the Fiqh of Minorities), but another school of thought in the West argues that the Muslims should not live there with the mindset of a minority because the message of Islam is universal, and because a minority mindset would mean that Muslims are always on the defensive, talking about their particular rights, and thus in some ways marginalized from the mainstream. It is true that Muslims are numerically in minority, but they should be a very useful and productive part of society and spread the message of Islam while living there. Such conceptual or theoretical issues pertaining to Muslims who choose to live in non-Muslim societies as a minority are creating a new environment, which is putting an end to the older debates about Dar al-Harb (Domain of War) and Dar al-Islam (Domain of Islam), and giving rise to new concepts, such as Dar al-Sulho (Domain of Co-existence), Dar al-Amn (Domain of Peace), Dar al-Mu’ahidah (Domain under Contract) and Dar al-Da’wah (Domain of Opportunity to reach people), and, eventually, a new fiqh (Jurisprudence).
