RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Fiqh, Positive Liberty
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March 27th 2017: characteristics of religion, mobilization, main pillar for revolution, how marxism mobilizes people, get you rights and your benefits. Islam is capable of mobilization due to system of belief. Islam recommended for any contradiction between personal and community interest one should choose community interest: leadership. Leadership is needed in order to maintain order in a revolution. Leader should be accountable and responsible: system of belief, motivation, allows justification of action, organization, utopia, sacrifice, media, muslims are able to work better with the media due to the revolution, allow accountability and responsibility, solidarity. Islamic war and conquest: distinction between meccan and medinan verses, diminish the issue of jeziyyah; religious taxes, freedom to leave islam and change religion; apostasy. Social order: democratic values, human right values. Breakdown: part 1 14 - 2/4: answer 2 out of 4 questions - each question worth 7 point, part 2 14 2/6 (out of text) after week 6, part 3 1/1 essay question.
