The freedom for which they fight


The Islamist definition of freedom is different than ours

"This din [religion] is a universal declaration of the freedom of man from slavery to other men and to his own desires, which is also a form of human servitude. It is a declaration that the sovereignty belongs only to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds. It challenges all such systems based on the sovereignty of man, i.e., where man attempts to usurp the attribute of Divine sovereignty. Any system in which final decisions are referred to human beings, and in which the source of all authority are men, deifies human beings by designating others than Allah as lords over men."
— Sayyid Qutb, Milestones

This is just one of the ideas that Rebecca Bynum cites in her excellent article, Freedom: True and False. I encourage you to read it.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Thu - October 12, 2006 at 04:31 PM  Tag


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