Saturday, November 6, 2004

Islam is a problematic fit for the modern world as it has no hierarchy of imams and each imam is a jurist, with the right, under certain circumstances, to declare judgments that include the death penalty without regard to territoriality or sovereignty. If you merely take these facts, verify their truth, and treat them seriously, you will be well on your way to solving your domestic problem with Islam.

The international action of jurists, especially in death penalty cases is the subject of serious work in the foreign office and other parallel theological juridical systems are subject to strict regulation. The Catholic juridical system, for example, operates under the rules of a concordat signed with each of the governments of the world. To my knowledge, there are no like agreements, treaties, or frameworks governing the judicial action of imams in the territory of the Netherlands, or much anywhere else (not even in the US).

Treat these people seriously, learn their ways, and be shocked that, for decades, both your government and mine have treated them as a joke. The cemeteries are getting too full of their reply to that disrespect. If Imams are jailed or expelled for issuing juridical decisions in contravention to secular law, the moderate muslims will be able to adjust and the radicals will be in jail or thrown out of the country.

TM Lutas (ip:4.159.211.5) 6 November 2004 - 22:39 uur

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