The
      attitude of Islam towards deviant (political) parties and those who
      indulge in them
Question

                Some people are Muslims but
      they indulge in political parties, and those parties follow either Russia
      or America. These parties are many and varied, such as the Progressive
      party, the Socialist party, the Independence party, the Liberal party, the
      Nationalist party, the Youth party, the Democratic party, and other
      parties which are all more or less similar. What is the attitude of Islam
      towards these parties, and towards Muslims who indulge in these parties
      – is their Islam sound?
Praise be to Allah.Whoever
      has an understanding of Islam, strong faith, Islamic integrity,
      farsightedness and eloquence, and is thus able to exert some influence on
      the direction of the party so that it will take an Islamic direction, may
      get involved in these parties or with the one which is most likely to be
      more receptive towards the truth – in the hope that Allaah will benefit
      others through him and guide whomsoever He wills to give up deviant
      political trends and follow the just politics of sharee’ah, thus
      bringing the ummah together on the Straight Path. But he should not follow
      their deviant principles.
      
Whoever
      does not have such strong faith and integrity and fears that he may be
      influenced by them instead of wielding influence, should keep away from
      those parties, so as to avoid fitnah and to protect his religious
      commitment from the same fate as they suffered, lest he fall into deviance
      and corruption as they have done.