tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38100469.post8971036892120965231..comments2008-04-20T08:51:39.732+03:00Comments on q80economics: How to Defeat Extremismbu ziyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800692996425418103buziyad@q80economics.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38100469.post-28187167613481904842008-04-20T08:51:00.000+03:002008-04-20T08:51:00.000+03:002008-04-20T08:51:00.000+03:00nbq: I appreciate and respect your point of view.....nbq: I appreciate and respect your point of view.. Not necessarily agree with it.. While you assume that Islam is/should be the default law of the land, many will disagree with this.. That's why you have democracy that will shape the law of the land by what the majority desires and at the same time respect the rights of minorities..bu ziyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800692996425418103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38100469.post-41339188640078094902008-04-20T00:19:00.000+03:002008-04-20T00:19:00.000+03:002008-04-20T00:19:00.000+03:00Exactly. The laws of the land. The problem that I ...Exactly. The laws of the land. The problem that I see here though is that in the case of Islam, the law that is supposed to be applied has been diluted/supressed in the beginning when the countries forming shortly after the destruction of the Islamic state (Khilafa) were created and the modern constitutions written. This, in my opinion, is what is causing a lot of grief around us with what is NBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04609758333826950190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38100469.post-23297452644837884442008-04-19T23:08:00.000+03:002008-04-19T23:08:00.000+03:002008-04-19T23:08:00.000+03:00nbq: you draw the line with the laws of the land (...nbq: you draw the line with the laws of the land (Islam or other..) as long as that is observed I don't think you can have too much tolerance or diversity..bu ziyadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07800692996425418103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38100469.post-12245834361758607702008-04-19T17:54:00.000+03:002008-04-19T17:54:00.000+03:002008-04-19T17:54:00.000+03:00There are extremes at both ends. You can be an ext...There are extremes at both ends. You can be an extremist in tolerating and diversifying if you do not have a moral reference that regulates it for the benefit of the whole society taking into account there is a hereafter.Of course, sometimes if the hereafter is dismissed (wether explicitly or implicitly) there can be no reasoning or at least it will be difficult and wastes a lot of valuable time;NBQhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04609758333826950190noreply@blogger.com