Sharia

Victim (r) of Sharia Murder.

The trap of religion is its duplicitous application by those in authority. No matter how high-minded the organized religion at its roots, it inevitably falls prey to the evil in those who fear loss of control. Those who identify themselves with a religious orthodox without broad education are dangerous. The Syrian rebellion against the tyranny of Assad is morphing into a religious movement.

 

Anarchists, uneducated but armed with guns like their Taliban equivalents, are killing civilians on the basis of their own crackpot interpretation of Islam. A 14 year old boy, a street vendor, was shot dead by these hoodlums in the street because they deemed what he had said in jest as blasphemous. Other civilians just watched and the men walked away with the impunity armed ganga can secure for themselves without the rule of lawful governance.

 

This extremism lies along the behavioral continuum of all religions. The problem is not the particular dogma. The problem is dogma, based on magical thinking and anachronistic application of ancient morality on modern life. The problem is ignorance of hard science and social science. The problem is poverty institutionalized by the greed of the powerful.