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| Religious Democracy Controls Power: Khatami |
| 2002-07-02 |
| President Mohammad Khatami said on Monday that "religious democracy" brings power to the service of religion, morality and social progress. Khatami said that separation of religion from politics is a colonialist idea, adding that the Islamic tenet calls for bringing power to the service of religion. Only a colonialist of the worst stripe could be against the idea of ignorant theocrats running a once-proud nation... "Power is something, if not controlled by religious and ethical criteria, will take the religion and the social freedom as victim," the president said. ...skillfully balancing on the verbal tightrope. Religion and ethics is the brake on power, and unbridled power will demand that its enemies — religion and social freedom — bend to its will. Where we part ways is our belief that religion and ethics need to be imposed from an infallible caliph, rather than imbued from below, through the workaday beliefs of the sweaty plebs. He said that in order to control the power special organs should exercise procedural methods to make sure that power does not violate the borders of religion and social democracy. The president pointed to science and technology and a dynamic economy as the requirement of Iranian community to pave the way for social progress and welfare. Science and technology can't flourish when subject to religious veto. Sorry. Try again. He said that the Islamic Republic of Iran has its own enemies who have drawn up plots to create obstacle in the process of religious democracy and social progress. "I assure you that if the enemy even will not hesitate to launch a military attack if it comes to believe sometime that it can inflict a decisive blow to the Islamic Republic," President Khatami warned. He called for public vigilance to deal with possible threats to national sovereignty. I really like this Black Hat. I think it's very becoming, don't you? Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go hatch a plot against some theocrats... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Why of course... But I'm warning you, you have to clean up after your own myrmidons! |
| Posted by: Fred 2002-07-02 15:37:20 |
| #2 I have a rather fetching little black hat of my own, Fred, may I help you hatch a plot or two? |
| Posted by: Kat 2002-07-02 12:24:02 |
| #1 Black hat? With that last comment, it's clear that his hat is made of tin foil. Regards, |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-07-02 10:29:35 |