The Baha'i Studies Listserv > I think that if you take the Bahai relativistic approach to morality, > what Muawaiyya sought *was* justice because he had a right to it by > the Quran. As Uthman's kin he had the the option of forgiving the > murderers but refused to give it. But even without invoking > relativism, even today it is generally unjust to let murderers go off > scott free.
Except in this case Uthman had unjustly given orders for these soldiers to be executed. It was therefore self-defense. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-534950-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [email protected] Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[email protected] Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
