Sunday, May 24, 2009

Somali Sufis Fight Back.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/world/africa/24somalia.html In a way, I am certainly glad that there are mujahedin to fight the lesser jihad, against extremists. However, from what I've read, this group still favours an islamism of a more moderate variety than that promoted by the political Wahhabists. It would be like favoring paleoconservative constitutionalists against christian theonomists. So while I support there struggle against religious terrorism, and even Sufism over Wahhabism, I would rather Somalia be a pluralistic democracy, rather than an Islamic theonomy.

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