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Somalia - Every time you think things can't get worse, they do
The Islamic Courts in Mogadishu go one step further into madness. Loud speakers wail out the newest law - "Pray 5 times a day or be beheaded".
And it's really nice to hear Mr. Ahmad Al-Akhras, the Vice chairman of the National Council on American-Islamic Relations of Columbus, Ohio, state that this is a "positive change". I think that Mr. Al-Akhras should go live in Mogadishu since he shares those values.
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posted by Rachel @ 6:01 PM
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The unfortunate reality about other cultures is that we can only view them as outsiders. As westerners, our values are so different from those in Somalia. Certainly that the situation is bad in Mogadishu, but we cannot place our norms and mores on another culture. Perhaps if more of our own culture involved more structure- not necessarily religious structure- but some source of structure, there would be less violent crime in our own cities (especially among our young people).
Such Ethnocentrism is dangerous. It leads to nationalism, nationalism leads to the horrors of civil war, genocide, ethnic cleansing ... etc.
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