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Thread #55426 Message #861115
Posted By: mack/misophist
07-Jan-03 - 07:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Which law do we follow?
Subject: RE: BS: Which law do we follow?
One of the things that can make Islam a social problem is that there ARE no church leaders in the western sense. Until one pisses off some qadi enough to attract a fatal fatwa, the individual Muslim is free to be the supreme authority in his church if he chooses. Except for the Ayatollahs, all religious authority in Islam is by acclamation, more or less.
What I'm trying to say is, the little prick may be unique in his community.