It is with great sorrow that,after Tuesday's session which partly covered an intro to the truth behind sharia law,i went home disturbed as to how simple,a dogma can enslave people in a 'democratic' society.On my arrival ,i took another setback when i tuned into Al Jazeera to get an update on news around the world - including Islamic republics.Iran are on the verge,of drafting a bill which will effectively see the extemination of vile and political bloggers(antagonists).If i cast my mind back to 2003,Iran became the first government to imprison a blogger - Sina Motallebi.And in that period a record 41 daily newspapers had been banned.Of course,anti-censorship groups have been lobbying against the ruthless media laws,but without success.
Amid the proposal by the Iranian authorities to pass the 'bill' into an act, a majority of those within the media might be forced to polarise against such a move.So far,in Islam there are three things which constitute to a death penalty - murder,adultery and of course apostasy(which is a simple conversion or deviation from Islam).That is Sharia law at its best.If passed into constitution then those who vent their anger against the government through blogging will DIE HARD.And no one will be accountable but Sharia law.Sir Da Gama,a missionary tutor at Pretoria boys high once said,a martyr is a person who dies for what he believes in.Just like Bernard Mizeki who was speared to death for trying to convert the monotheistic believers of Southern africa.And yes he died a painful death - for what he believed in.The allegiance to Islamic faith is the epitome of commitment and sacrifice.Any breach of the code of the quran,you are history.
As Chris alluded in the session - Turkey is still an Islamic nation but ruled by a moderate - who i think encourages secularism.He believes that human activities and decisions should be based on evidence and fact, unbiased by religious influence.So by being a moderate - does he face the wrath of Islamic republics?.Yes i suppose,because his ideologies are critical of religious orthodox and once asserted that religion impedes human progress because of it's focus on superstition and dogma versus reason and scientific method.
In my earnest opinion,sharia law is not bad for those who committed themselves to Islam in the first place - because you pledge to live by the quran and die by the quran
For now i am out.Peace
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Not all muslims are like the extremists - in the same way as not all Christians supported Apartheid even though the Dutch Reformed Church claimed they were acting on biblical authority in creating/supporting apartheid. Religion can be used to justify anything - Christian represents a span for example from Desmond Tutu to Oliver Cromwell Islam is just the same. The trouble is that the extremists like it when their version is taken to be the universal, monolithic version of whatever belife system it might be. Islam has been a positive influence in the world, at least as often as it has been a bad thing (same as Christianity). My only beef with these people is that they claim to have a monopoly of wisdom - nobody has that. And my view in this resepct is very Islamic because the Quaran says: "There is no compulsion in religion because the right way is known to the heart of all people" or something like that (Muslims say you can onbly really understand it if you hear it read to you in Classical Arabic).
Good blogging about Islam though - it is one of the most important themes in the news year in and year out and connects with other massivce issues like inequality between the developed and underdeveloped world since looked at analytically Islam is most notably a revolt by very poor people in reaction to colonialism, humilation and oppression (as in Iran).
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