Date Posted:03:35:01 08/26/04 Thu Author: ts Subject: Re: Religious freedom In reply to:
TONY LANG
's message, "Re: Religious freedom" on 01:11:34 08/26/04 Thu
yes u can buy beer in the market without a license.
But the shiites here are trying to use the new fredom of democracy to give trouble to sunni king and government, by pointing out this kind of fredom is unislamic.
Just politics.
>>The point you make Mike is quite a valid one . The
>Koran does state that there is no compulsion in
>religion.
>What has happened is that in a large part of Islam
>tradition has become a large part of authority. In
>the Shiite community amonst whom I am currently living
>the word of the iman is the authority. Look at the
>following that Sadr has in Iraq. Where ever there are
>high rates of illiteracy, or an education deficiency
>people follow the strong man. You need to live here
>to understand it.
>But you are right there is a high level of freedom in
>Bahrain. Some people think there is too much.
