Comments on: A good ruling on the Sikh kara http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2008/08/02/a_good_ruling_on_the_sikh_kara Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thersites http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2008/08/02/a_good_ruling_on_the_sikh_kara#comment-795 Thersites Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:28:16 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2008/08/02/a_good_ruling_on_the_sikh_kara#comment-795 "one involves an item that was central to the religion, and was about genuine human rights, while the other was about an independent movement" What is a religion, if it is not an independent movement? Why is the claimed mandatory obligation of sikhs to wear a ring any different to the claimed mandatory obligation of some christians to wear a chastity ring or the claimed mandatory obligation of followers of the Prophet Zarquon to carry an automatic rifle and carry out summary executions of heretics, unbelievers, apostses, general riff-raff and anyone who looks as if they might be in one of these categories? “one involves an item that was central to the religion, and was about genuine human rights, while the other was about an independent movement”

What is a religion, if it is not an independent movement? Why is the claimed mandatory obligation of sikhs to wear a ring any different to the claimed mandatory obligation of some christians to wear a chastity ring or the claimed mandatory obligation of followers of the Prophet Zarquon to carry an automatic rifle and carry out summary executions of heretics, unbelievers, apostses, general riff-raff and anyone who looks as if they might be in one of these categories?

]]> By: Yunus Yakoub Islam http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2008/08/02/a_good_ruling_on_the_sikh_kara#comment-794 Yunus Yakoub Islam Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:41:30 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2008/08/02/a_good_ruling_on_the_sikh_kara#comment-794 Most schools run a constant 'ban' culture as part of their incessant desire to regulate every aspect of children's lives, and in this respect, they are no different from most other organs of the modern nation state. Most schools run a constant ‘ban’ culture as part of their incessant desire to regulate every aspect of children’s lives, and in this respect, they are no different from most other organs of the modern nation state.

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