[governance] Tangential (On Exceptionalism Wikileaks) America's vassal acts decisively and illegally

[Fahd A. Batayneh]

Dominique,

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Dominique Lacroix <dl at panamo.eu> wrote:

> In some countries, drawing funny Mahomet portraits (or kissing a man/woman
> who's not your husband/wife) carries death penalty.
>

It is not that general, and not as easy as said.

   - In Islam, it does not go down to just drawings of our prophet
   Mohammad, but involves other prophets (Jesus, Moses, David...) and close
   followers of Prophet Mohammad who assisted him in spreading the religion.
   We consider it prohibitive to draw these characters for many reasons (I do
   not want to get into this debate as means not to hurt followers of other
   religions). We all agree that different religions have different teachings
   and different ways off doing things, but they all share common interests;
   i.e. teaching people right from wrong.

However, no death penalty is involved. What we all read in the news of
death requests for those who produced drawings of prophet Mohammad was just
as a reaction to the rage of many Muslims who oppose such acts.
However, it has become very common in the Muslim world to see TV shows of
all mentioned except prophet Mohammad. While it is wrong, some see it as
teachings. I read an article a couple of months ago that an Iranian
director is working on directing a movie that shows prophet Mohammad. It
should cause some rage.

   - Death penalty in Islam is just for adultery. Of course,4 people must
   witness the action, or both parties must confirm that they were in an
   adultery act. In addition, the only country on earth who applies this
   verdict is KSA. In my country Jordan - for example, slaughtering is
   strictly prohibited. However, some parents do kill their daughters if they
   come to know that their daughter has committed adultery not out of
   religion, but out of shame (core of our social norms).
   - Partners (not married couple) kissing in public is only prohibited in
   KSA, and it is punished for. However, in many other countries - such as
   Jordan, it has become quite common to do so, but it tends to be an
   on-the-fly kiss.
   - Islam has 72 different doctrines, and each perceives such acts
   differently.


> --
> Dominique Lacroix
> Société européenne de l'Internet
> http://www.ies-france.eu+33 (0)6 63 24 39 14
>
>
P.S. This is just a discussion with all due respect to every religion this
world has.

Fahd
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