tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511660846316927244.post7083507316070711358..comments2023-04-13T03:51:38.050-07:00Comments on Religion, Legitimacy and Politics : Love Over Law: A Principle at the Heart of Legitimacy Religion, Legitimacy and Politicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17662477474000491980noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511660846316927244.post-62134171186025145852022-02-17T08:50:07.212-08:002022-02-17T08:50:07.212-08:00Wow! This could be one particular of the most help...Wow! This could be one particular of the most helpful blogs We’ve ever arrive across on this subject. Basically Excellent. I’m also an expert in this topic therefore I can understand your effort. <a href="https://mohamie-saudi.com/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6/" rel="nofollow">رقم محامي في الرياض</a><br />sameerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18087381427385436767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511660846316927244.post-62635257125445439612017-11-27T01:31:03.335-08:002017-11-27T01:31:03.335-08:00Promptly drawn by writer's specific strategy f...Promptly drawn by writer's specific strategy for creating.<br /><a href="https://www.theawl.com/2013/06/whos-endorsing-whom-a-complete-guide-to-new-york-citys-mayoral-race/" rel="nofollow">Joseph Hayon</a><br />yoyoservicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466524088609434869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511660846316927244.post-31461107678025448152015-01-22T15:23:53.852-08:002015-01-22T15:23:53.852-08:00Thanks for your comment. You cited the experience...Thanks for your comment. You cited the experience of Maajid Nawaz in an Egyptian prison, and the irony of his finding more freedom of religion and speech in prison than outside. Then you wondered when the American ideal of tolerance and diversity would conflict with the freedom to offend Muslims with the imaging of Muhammad, not to mention burning the Qur’an. <br>Good question. It appears that some European countries are already considering restricting the freedom of speech to prevent offensive speech or expression, and Pope Francis sounded like he was suggesting the same thing when he admonished Christians not to use the freedom of speech to say offensive things about Islam. I asked a friend of mine who is a Catholic law professor whether the Pope was advocating legal limits on the freedom of speech or telling Catholics that they should voluntarily refrain from using their freedom of speech to offend those of other religions. He said it was the latter, and that makes sense. To restrict the freedom of speech to that which is not offensive to others would deny meaningful freedom of speech. But if we truly love our neighbors as ourselves—even apostate and unbelieving neighbors, as taught by Jesus in the story of the good Samaritan—then we will not exercise our legal rights to offend them. <br>Making a distinction between those secular legal rights and obligations enforced by the state and the voluntary moral obligations of faith is critical in politics and religion. For there to be true political and religious freedom, religious rules must be voluntary moral standards of legitimacy. Only those secular laws made by elected representatives should be enforced by the state. That distinction is clear in the libertarian democracies of the West that were spawned by the Enlightenment, but not in the new democracies of the Islamic East, like Egypt. Their apostasy and blasphemy laws are enforced by the state and conflict with libertarian democracy and human rights. <br>Rudy Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17662477474000491980noreply@blogger.com