On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 13:24:23 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 1/23/2005 12:16:10 PM Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > No, not at all. There is the example of the community of the prophet > in the Medina and statements in the Quran, the hadith, the writings of > early Muslims which discuss what it means to be a just ruler, and what > is the proper role of government. You can certain talk about how the > ruler should be responsive to the needs of the people, and shouldn't > be a tyrant, and that government officials shouldn't be corrupt, etc. > without having to swallow along with it secular liberal capitalsm.
> Perhaps you should define "ideology"? So we can avoid arguing different > things - or God forbid! arguing the same point of view from two different > perspectives. "Ideology - A body of beliefs and thinking of a society, group, or individual; belief system. Ideology can serve to explain and/or change how things are. Some political ideologies are communism, conservatism, anarchism, and liberalism. " All I'm trying to say is that it you seem to be saying that you would prefer secular governments to Islamic governments. And what I'm suggesting is that it is better to think in terms of good government. And that way we could emphasize those characteristics of a leader which most people (whether Marxist, capitalist, Muslim, secularist, Bahai etc.) would agree are desirable in a government. Peace Gilberto "My people are hydroponic" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
