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2006-06-15 Great White North

Canadian fatwa calls for tolerance, respect for law

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Posted by ryuge 2006-06-15 05:50|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The tide appears to be turning, although apparently fatwas are advisory rather than mandatory, even for the Shiite followers of Ayatollah Ali al Sistani.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-15 08:43|| 2006-06-15 08:43|| Front Page Top

#2 The quote in this story is not complete. See Jihad Watch: "The Ayatollah Al-Sistani orders Muslims of Canada to respect the laws of their host country, 'insofar as religious values are not ridiculed.'"

This is not a "let's make nice with the Canadians" story. It is a "obey the laws, unless we disagree with them" story.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2006-06-15 09:12|| 2006-06-15 09:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh. Never mind, then.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-15 09:54|| 2006-06-15 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Taquia, taquia, para mi!

Posted by gromgoru 2006-06-15 10:37|| 2006-06-15 10:37|| Front Page Top

#5 In Judaism you are obliged to obey the laws of the country "dina de malchuta dina" BUT if the state says, eat pork, or dont go to shul, or kill an innocent fellow citizen, you are NOT exempt from going to shul, or allowed to eat pork. Or to kill an innocent fellow citizen. These are not practical worries in the USA or Canada, but a statement that said "obey the laws of the state, whatever they are" would not be halachakily correct.

I presume the legal situation is the same in Shia Islam, and so Sistani could NOT say "obey the laws WHATEVER they are".

Posted by liberalhawk 2006-06-15 11:05|| 2006-06-15 11:05|| Front Page Top

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