Here's a quote from the Iranian Woman blog:
The mullahs’ rule has expired because the mullahs don't belong to this age. They belong to an age when stoning, mutilation, and blinding were considered norm.
http://zaneirani.blogspot.com/2006/05/iran-revolutions-dont-wait-for.html
She's right. Forget for a moment what all the muslim men want- we hear from them every day. What do muslim women want? How about a life that is not dictated in all crucial respects by their fathers, husbands and brothers? How about a life that could encompass a public life, involvement in public policy, governance, the upper reaches of business or education? How about a scandalous life that didn't involve being stabbed or beheaded or stoned to death? How about the particular life which that woman wants to live?
This is no minor point. If half the muslim world doesn't want to join the other half in a gigantic act of communal nostalgia for days of lost glory, global importance and reach, it probably won't happen. And if it does, its not going to last very long.
3 comments:
The Iranian theocracy is a nationalist system. For example the constitution says the president must be of persian origin. This is far from the Caliphate both theoretically and historically. The Caliphate is not a theocracy as it is not ruled by Mullahs. The Caliph is a lay-person. So please don't compare the rule of the Mullahs to the Caliphate - they are chalk and cheese.
"The mullahs’ rule has expired because the mullahs don't belong to this age. They belong to an age when stoning, mutilation, and blinding were considered norm."
A great many people (not just muslims) think it is the threat of capital punishment that should be a deterrent to rampant levels crime.
Get back to me when the caliphate exists- this is a dull exercise in wishful thinking.
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