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For the nations of Europe, the "correct" procedure involves consulting the population, holding referendums or parliamentary elections. And Parliament must sit and devise some laws. For us Muslims, that position is totally absurd. We say that human beings are not capable of devising a just law. We believe that the law has been sent down to earth by the Almighty, by God. Nations, politicians and parliaments have no right to devise laws. The law is given by our Creator. For us the position of the democratic European societies is criminal and absurd, because you have falsely claimed for yourselves the prerogative of devising laws for human beings. You are trying to remove this prerogative from the Creator, who gave birth to the nations, settled them on the land, gave them laws and explained those laws to them with the help of the Prophets.
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So basically this Chechen leader doesn't like the idea of democracy, of people governing themselves. Surprise, surprise! Guess that's one reason why Muslims might dislike America, too. If they hold strictly to that point of view, and since people obviously are quite unable to agree about what God wants from us, what other solution is there for people like this Chechen leader than to try imposing his religion on everybody else in the world?
Ughh.
I'm so glad I live in imperialistic (Christian) theocratic, and oh, so pure America. (sighing in blessed ecstasy)
DH