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Islam, Judaism And Christianity, On Human Rights And Democracy?

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Islam, Judaism and Christianity, human rights and democracy?
This situation is not unique to Islam, the religion throughout history has been (and remains) a force on the crop, as a force to stabilize the hostility towards others. European wars were motivated by religion. This in theory is the Western perception of Islam Islam to induce cultural suicide bombers, that’s not true. The theme of martyrdom is different from suicide bombers and Muslims have difficulties between the last two years in the New World Order and their greatest strength, the United States, especially after 11 September meeting. where human rights and democracy have been put on the back seat.  Need hierarchy that motivates people to change their subjective needs. reduced requirements (such as food and housing and democracy of course) are the motivating factors of the most important and must, for the most part before the needs of peer acceptance and self-realization are filled to be a powerful engine.
I am not a cultural adaptation is usually a mistake. However, the culture allows foreigners more freedom than it does its own citizens. In such cases, if the setting is required. In terms of Western values, a small adjustment is necessary, but difficult to implement. This would help in that case, a central government plays the representatives of Western power, to promote cultural changes, as a country that supposedly is the Muslim country in the Western thought.
Associations and organizations have goals and processes for the benefit of the Muslim and Jewish organizations. Jews are far ahead of any other religion, in the care of the Jews in any place on Earth. No other religion followers are in management and leadership skills. And I think that should be commended for their successful efforts.  The idea of the intellectuals and lay people is very dangerous for the theologians of all religions. In the Jewish religion in the Christian faith and Islamic faith. All share the intolerance, ignorance and madness of the ideas could join each other. Politics is for most followers of the three religions mentioned ride. His followers all over the world through the teachings of their clergy men stunned, because they are the only followers of God, opening his paradise for themselves and reject the other religions in the sky, but will lead to hell.
In the Christian faith, the image of Jesus is different in the church from other churches. Catholic beliefs differ from those of the Protestant denominations. And both are abused by the Old Testament or New.
In the Jewish religion, however, took a different direction, the Jews understood early the power of the mind, by Spinoza, Marx and Durkheim to the circumstances of the modern world of psychology, medicine, radio, press control and legal and financial companies and banks have the means to have control over people. These areas were observed, as the U.S. controlled by Jews. Departments of Psychology and briefs of evidence have changed the negative image of Jews in the United States after the 1940s and the Holocaust. The political support, that support the Jewish targets such as the creation and support of the State of Israel. They were very successful in this area. Most Americans blindly follow this direction and support Israel financially and materially by the arms and weapons technology.
Both Christian and Jewish faiths met at the beginning that contradict the Judeo-Christian faith march to the religion of Islam. Muslims are no less in place of other religions. All conflicts with a market share of other religions. And yes, they were on their evidence. But I think there should be reconciliation and normalization of mutual recognition between religions in order to reduce the tension between his supporters around the world. Traded misunderstandings about whether you want to bridge the gap between religions in relation to human rights and democracy. If we forget the wrong ideas about the perception of Muslim terrorists. (644 words)

Islam, Judaism and Christianity, human rights and democracy?  This situation is not unique to Islam, the religion throughout history has been (and remains) a force on the crop, as a force to stabilize the hostility towards others. European wars were motivated by religion. This in theory is the Western perception of Islam Islam to induce cultural suicide bombers, that’s not true. The theme of martyrdom is different from suicide bombers and Muslims have difficulties between the last two years in the New World Order and their greatest strength, the United States, especially after 11 September meeting. where human rights and democracy have been put on the back seat.  Need hierarchy that motivates people to change their subjective needs. reduced requirements (such as food and housing and democracy of course) are the motivating factors of the most important and must, for the most part before the needs of peer acceptance and self-realization are filled to be a powerful engine. I am not a cultural adaptation is usually a mistake. However, the culture allows foreigners more freedom than it does its own citizens. In such cases, if the setting is required. In terms of Western values, a small adjustment is necessary, but difficult to implement. This would help in that case, a central government plays the representatives of Western power, to promote cultural changes, as a country that supposedly is the Muslim country in the Western thought. Associations and organizations have goals and processes for the benefit of the Muslim and Jewish organizations. Jews are far ahead of any other religion, in the care of the Jews in any place on Earth. No other religion followers are in management and leadership skills. And I think that should be commended for their successful efforts.  The idea of the intellectuals and lay people is very dangerous for the theologians of all religions. In the Jewish religion in the Christian faith and Islamic faith. All share the intolerance, ignorance and madness of the ideas could join each other. Politics is for most followers of the three religions mentioned ride. His followers all over the world through the teachings of their clergy men stunned, because they are the only followers of God, opening his paradise for themselves and reject the other religions in the sky, but will lead to hell.
In the Christian faith, the image of Jesus is different in the church from other churches. Catholic beliefs differ from those of the Protestant denominations. And both are abused by the Old Testament or New.
In the Jewish religion, however, took a different direction, the Jews understood early the power of the mind, by Spinoza, Marx and Durkheim to the circumstances of the modern world of psychology, medicine, radio, press control and legal and financial companies and banks have the means to have control over people. These areas were observed, as the U.S. controlled by Jews. Departments of Psychology and briefs of evidence have changed the negative image of Jews in the United States after the 1940s and the Holocaust. The political support, that support the Jewish targets such as the creation and support of the State of Israel. They were very successful in this area. Most Americans blindly follow this direction and support Israel financially and materially by the arms and weapons technology.
Both Christian and Jewish faiths met at the beginning that contradict the Judeo-Christian faith march to the religion of Islam. Muslims are no less in place of other religions. All conflicts with a market share of other religions. And yes, they were on their evidence. But I think there should be reconciliation and normalization of mutual recognition between religions in order to reduce the tension between his supporters around the world. Traded misunderstandings about whether you want to bridge the gap between religions in relation to human rights and democracy. If we forget the wrong ideas about the perception of Muslim terrorists. (644 words)

Islam And Democracy: Sociological Analysis

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Islam and Democracy: Sociological analysis

By H. A. Yahya, Professor of Sociology

Opinions about Islam and democracy vary among Muslim thinkers and theologians. Those who are proponent of Islamic State or Islamic System tend to argue that Democracy is a concept imposed by the West. And that  democracy in this respect should not be applied particularly for Muslim community. Justifying their opinion, because they claim that democracy negates Islamic value, where Islam considers all people are equal regardless of color, or nationality, [but not of sex or gender, because man and woman are not equal in Islam for certain reasons debated widely between  believers in Islam- intellectuals and theocratic personnel].

Other groups, however, reject Democracy as exemplified, and should be resisted by Muslim communities, particularly represented by  fundamentalist, such view is obviously considered as a result of  Western colonization. For them, Democracy for both groups is the means to  split Islamic community (the Ummah) rather than unite Islamic community in  two ways by which the western colonialism intend to hamper Muslim community from unifying. 1) Muslim community is coerced to accept an understanding, belief, and parameter (Democracy) that is bequeathed by colonizers to be put into practice in Muslim countries even if it is clear not corresponding to Islamic belief. 2) The West synchronizes democracy with Islam so as to produce Muslim’s view that there is no such distinction between Islam and democracy. One of their strategies is to reject Democracy as exposed by the West .

In conjunction with the above arguments of fundamentalists, a group of intellectuals and Muslim thinkers (al_Azm, al-Nabulsi, and many others,  for example,] completely disagree with the compatibility of democracy and Islam. Such a view point is derived mainly from the western thought which splits the State from Religion. Which depends on logical reasoning and mostly derived from western scholars who strongly reject the argument that Islam and democracy is actually equal. Almost all foreign or Muslim intellectuals including Samuel Huntington, Martin Kramer and Francis Fukuyama who argue that Islam is not compatible with democracy. That’s why they claim that Islam as any other religion imposes  a threat for democracy and negates western democratic values such freedom and equality and justice since Islamic culture  rejecting any implementation of  democratic systems in the Islamic countries.

In conclusion, some Muslim groups reject the idea of democratization as a product of the West, and should be fought and rejected for that reason, it should not be accepted or implemented because  democracy is coined by infidels or comes from Western culture. Which I believe, such judgment, is based upon politics rather than theological thought. These groups can be described as prejudiced about the west and therefore, reject Western value of Democracy. Other Muslim groups argue that the one who has authority to command people is God alone can rule people or society not elected people in the case of Democracy. And for that reason they emphasize the nature of the principles of Islamic political theory which cannot give an authority over people to lead the other people.. By rejecting Democracy, they argue that God’s Law should rule every thing in earth. According to Abul Ala’ Maududi “no one should be allowed to pass orders or make commands in his own right and no one ought to accept the obligation to carry out such commands and obey such orders.” To support his opinion, he brought the Ayah which reads:

“The authority rests with none but Allah. He commands you not to surrender to any one save Him. This is the right way (of life). And “They ask: Have we also got some authority? Say: all authority belongs to God alone”. (Quran 3: 15)

The debate continues between the two opposing views toward democracy connection to Islam. Muslims, however were left to be ruled by what fundamentalists argue to encourage people to implement Shari’a as a fixed rule from God Himself described  in Qur’an as controlling both lives in the present and the Hereafter lives of humanity, rather than implementing Democracy as man made system deals with everyday reality.

Hasan Yahya is a columnist at wfol.tv, Malaysia, and TINA International News Agency,  Chicago,  USA