Who Said This?
By Callimachus | Related entries in General Politics, Religion, Supreme Court“Religion plays the role of direction, enlightenment, and offering advice. It should not be dragged into the political process, as this diminishes its sacredness. Religion should not be politicized.”
A. John Locke
B. James Madison
C. Sandra O’Connor
D. some Islamic cleric you never heard of in the Middle East.
Well, it’s “D.” Ayatollah Hussein Ismael Al Sadr gets it. [Not the young thug al-Sadr; he's not even an ayatollah.] He gets something millions of Americans, including a few in top leadership positions, consistently fail to see, even though the concept is rooted in the political fabric of the nation they profess to love.
You can interpret an Iraqi Shi’ite religious leader’s statement in support of separation of mosque and state in any number of ways. My first reaction, though, was, I wonder how we can get him onto the Supreme Court?
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October 7th, 2005 at 8:33 am
I prefer this quote from Jon Stewart:
“Religion, it gives hope to people in a world torn apart by religion.”
October 7th, 2005 at 9:06 am
The answer is D. Or more specifically Ayatollah Hussein Ismael Al Sadr. Just yesterday there was a big uproar when the Iraq Supreme Court said that public stonings for religious crimes could not occur on public property.
October 7th, 2005 at 10:36 am
Its a big deal if Muslims respect a separation of Mosque and state, because its one of the most un-islamic things i have heard! Islam was founded as an internal spiritual path, as well as a geopolitical ideology and civil legislation. I’m a little skeptical about this, especially if an ayatolla says it.
Who knows? Afterall, the the nation of Israel was established by Moses with a similar paradigm, but the Jews abandoned their fundamentalist interpretation of Leviticus thousands of years ago. If the muslim world does similar, its about friggin time.
P.S.
“the Iraq Supreme Court said that public stonings for religious crimes could not occur on public property. ”
…Can they still hold stonings for religious crimes on private property?
October 7th, 2005 at 2:49 pm
Shi’ites never were big on the caliphate notion. They have less of a problem with mosque over here, state over there.
October 8th, 2005 at 8:57 am
Noodles — I don’t know about the stoning thing, I was being silly, but I did hear that an Iraqi 11th grade physics class had a project to see who could build the best road side bomb.