tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post7600585223069688012..comments2023-09-01T07:04:13.381-07:00Comments on Reflections on Faith and Culture: Politics as seen from the Intensive Care UnitGil Bailiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481878663941134090noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-59077619759160038202006-11-07T18:36:00.000-08:002006-11-07T18:36:00.000-08:00Saddam Hussein's trial, and subsequent sentencing,...Saddam Hussein's trial, and subsequent sentencing, may cause understandable queasy feelings among those who experience distress at the thought of capital punishment in the form of hanging. Who wouldn't experience this dis-ease, given its long, sad history and associations with lynchings of Blacks and town gatherings replete with picnics and fireworks for duly sanctioned criminals?<br /><br />However, what also is on trial is western justice vs. forms of Muslim law, and which in our turbulent world, is gaining an upper hand.<br /><br />In the newly minted government of Iraq, democracy, born in the west, has a toe hold. The centuries old Islamic jurisprudence of fiqh sees democracy as a human device at loggerheads with the divinely given shari'a, a human idolatry of unbelief (kufr) and ignorance (jahiliyya).<br /><br />The tipping point of the known world is happening in this trial, as melodramatic as it sounds. Perhaps, just perhaps, qualms about capital punishment notwithstand, the remembrance of the greatness of Christendom is happening while elections take place under our noses in the USA.Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-29241590061645140892006-11-06T20:29:00.000-08:002006-11-06T20:29:00.000-08:00If I can put my bid in for what I think would be a...If I can put my bid in for what I think would be an interesting topic. I would like to hear what you have to say on fun happiness and Joy. they are things I have thought about quite a bit in relation to my life.Jonathan Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02820412249953667134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-12794968357119576612006-11-06T06:26:00.000-08:002006-11-06T06:26:00.000-08:00The trial and sentence of S. Hussein offers the op...The trial and sentence of S. Hussein offers the opportunity for some insight into comparisons and contrasts of the religions noted.Teachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18377894438403763816noreply@blogger.com