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...prayer, pilgrimage to Mecca, tithing and fasting in the month of Ramadan. But the laws governing everyday affairs, such as crime and punishment, marriage, economics and inheritance, were open to change. "Iqbal maintained that those Koranic punishments - cutting off hands, stoning - were meant for the community from which the Prophet descended," says son Javid. "In the modern era these laws were not meant to be strictly enforced." In short, Iqbal sought an Islamic reformation through the establishment of a Muslim state. The idea was repugnant to conservative Muslims, literalists who held that the Prophet's laws could not be changed...
...This isn't a religious revolution," says retired Brigadier Shaukat Qadir, who, like many other analysts, says most Pakistanis don't really understand what Shari'a is. "It is a good-sounding word because it comes from the Prophet. It's a safe word. But what people want really is the rule of law. Equality. That there be no discrimination between a brigadier and a laborer when it comes to law. That does not exist right now in Pakistan...
...Approved courses include Literature and Arts 51: “Virgil,” taught by classics professor Richard F. Thomas; a modified version of Humanities 18: “For the Love of God and His Prophet,” taught by Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations professor Ali S. Asani; Foreign Cultures 70: “Islam,” also taught by Asani; and a new course called “Poetry Without Borders,” to be taught by Slavic Languages and Literatures professor Stephanie Sandler...
...impact of the insane response to my cartoon will last for the rest of my life.' Kurt Westergaard, cartoonist for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, after Danish police arrested three men in an alleged plot to kill him over his 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad that triggered riots around the world...
Moller points out that in September 2007, neighboring Sweden was faced with a potentially similar crisis when a small newspaper ran a critical cartoon of the Prophet. The Swedish Prime Minister immediately called in the ambassadors from Muslim countries and told them that he personally didn't sanction the drawing but he couldn't stop freedom of speech. The ambassadors explained the situation to their home government and the issue died down. Says Moller, "I think they are rather trying to deflate this incidence." But Denmark's authorities and embassies worldwide remain on high alert...