Scholar Draws Parallels Between Islam and Democracy


	Scholar Draws Parallels Between Islam and Democracy

arifsali

4-13-2007 8:10 PM

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scholar, islam, history, religion, tariq ramadan, democracy

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4-14-2007 4:17 PM

AcesLucky

Wishful thinking!

Religion and freedom are not compatible.

4-14-2007 4:19 PM

arifsali

That depends on the definition of the freedom.

4-14-2007 5:17 PM

AcesLucky

You are right. In religious parlance, words can have meanings completely different than their common understandings. A day becomes a thousand years; factual errors become parables or metaphor; faith becomes truth.

If a policeman says, "you are free to go", what does that mean? If a law says you have "freedom of speech", what does that mean? If you have "freedom of choice" in picking a color, what does that mean?

The less restricted you are...the more "freedom" you have. It is in that common sense that I meant "religion and freedom are not compatible."

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