Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Well, Which Is It?

The other day, he was giddy over the chance to become a martyr. Today, he's upset because the court sentence is "haram", un-Islamic. I think somebody pointed out to him that the various hareth say nothing about martyrdom, virgins and execution sentences. It's almost as if he's trying to make his case before Allah - "It's martyrdom if the judge isn't ruling sharia! I'm not actually guilty, despite having done what I stand accused of!"

"... enel hokm ella lellah" - "God is the only one fit to judge". And the books generally show that God to be unamused by those that look to the letter rather than the spirit. (via Joe Katzman at Winds of Change)

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