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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6its ironic in spain that the day before to this issue came up in the news, a man was released after been caught trying to kidnap his wife, dressed up and with an anesthesic clothe in his hand, and the jury set him free coz was a "family argument".
i dont understand why the imman was jailed for 2 years under the posibbilty of being dangerous in the future, and this man, spanish, white and very macho, is for sure a safe person to be with...
i havent heard any group or collective or asociation claiming responsabilties for this case... oh yeah! i know the reason, perhaps is not on the standards of the international war on terrorism and islam...(and it wouldnt be on indymedia ireland)
so, lets be more sceptical about law and international news..
"VENCERÁN, PERO NO NOS CONVENCERÁN" Unamuno
There looks like there was a clear case of incitement to violence against the Iman.
You have no right to insult islam, its culture and traditions.
All religions should be questioned. If that is perceived as an insult then thats too bad. Only shows their arrogance in assuming that they have the right to be above criticism.
Stop the Hate: Islamo-Fascism's Battle Against Moderate Muslims
By Farish A. Noor
http://www.muslimwakeup.com/main/archives/2004/12/hate_by_farish.php
The news that the American-based website MuslimWakeUp!.com has been attacked by a group of anonymous hackers going by the somewhat pretentious and overblown name of ‘The Islamic OxChallenge Brigades’ can only be met with dismay and disappointment by those of us who count ourselves to be in the ranks of the majority of moderate Muslims the world over.
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That takfir is a despicable practice has received consensus across the learned intelligentsia of the Muslim community, and is something that all Muslim scholars – both Sunni and Shia – agree with. In his last speech before his death, Ayatollah Mahmud Taleqani — one of the spiritual and intellectual founders of the 1979 Iranian revolution — warned of the dangers of religious extremism and the harm that might be done when religious functionaries are given near-total control of the state apparatus.
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The contemporary experience of takfir is often predicated upon such a logic of dialectical opposition that requires the presence of a constitutive oppositional Other for the Islamist project to get off the ground. Simply put, if the radical expression of Islamism requires an external enemy to oppose, one will simply have to be found. And if one is not readily available, then it has to be invented for the sake of the dialectic itself. This explains the constant witch-hunts and persecution of political opponents, intellectuals, writers and academics at the hands of Islamist movements worldwide today. But one has to question the Islamic credentials of an Islamic group that can only call itself Islamic as long as it has an un-Islamic Other (real or imagined) to frame itself against.
The saddest thing about this situation is the fact that takfir is too easy, too convenient, a tool to be used against those that one disagrees with. And like racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism and class prejudice, is not only close at hand all the time, but also quickly internalised and normalised. So what should we – the vast and overwhelming majority of decent Muslims who want to live in peace and harmony with ourselves and the rest of humanity – do about this?
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For progressive Islam to get off the ground, it needs to prioritise and foreground its concerns in the most inclusive, tolerant and universal manner; seeking out strategic and meaningful alliances with all groups and communities that are likewise fighting for the same goals of social justice and the uplift of humanity as a whole.
MADRID, Spain, June 9 (UNHCR) – In a precedent-setting decision, the Spanish Inter-ministerial Asylum Commission has given refuge to a 38-year-old woman, who could not find protection from decades of suffering at the hands of her husband whom she had been forced to marry. The woman's identity and country of origin have been kept secret to protect her from possible retaliation and to enable her to start a new life far from her home country.
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