Politics and Religion

Abdul Aziz al-Hakim passed away - sadly, strong political figures are dying? Sounds strange, but I shall continue! He passed on and had his son read his "will". In his "will", he asks the Iraqi's to unite in preserving the constitution and electing government officials - stating these to be "religious and national duties"...

Since we have successfully dismantled the Iraqi government and set them up with a brand, new High-Def Democratic system - don't you think we should have at least implanted the idea of "separation of church and state" and "freedom of religion" into their new government? Yes, I know this is still a very hard concept for our "advanced" society over here in the good ol' US of A to grasp - but that's not to say the Iraqi people are ignorant to the ways of the world. We presume that these are horrible, native savages - Iraqi's are people, too! Just because you have been misguided by the media to believe September 11, 2001 was "all their fault" doesn't mean that is the case - but I am getting onto a whole other topic, which will be discussed in a later blog!

Shia Islam (the followers known as Shiites) is an organized religion. As with every organized religion you have your general "Yeah, I believe it..." lefty, laid back types as well as your "I'm all gung-ho to blow up shit..." righty, ultra conservative types. Why do you believe America is even divided into liberal and conservatives? Any way, I do believe this "reading of the will to the general public" is going to be cause for disaster.

Their is a term, "mob mentality" which basically refers to a group of people with one thought pattern. We have seen this with our Armies, "hell-bent to get the terrorists". We have seen this with the holocaust, "hell-bent to kill the Jews, blacks and gays". We have even seen this in the Bible (yes, I hate referring to that book, but since so many Americans blindly follow a book - we shall use it as a reference), "whip that Jew, he's not the messiah". The thoughts and concerns of the public has never protected the rights of minorities or people who were different or thought of as "inferior"!

Religion sets out to complete it's own mission - regardless of who gets in the way. I just fear, for this country, that it will get out of control. I feel the religious objective will get in the way of their baby steps as a new country and sever the laws before they have been fully applied. Unfortunately, this "will" being publicly read, with such an impact this man made on the community, the word will be taken by many to the grave - and who knows how they will get there?

What you need to know is that the extremists of any religion are called that for a reason. What you need to know is there is going to be a massive uprising of Shia Islams against any force that tries to oppose them. What you need to know is we still have troops over in Iraq and (as much as I oppose the war) even more people are going to die. What you need to know is that politics and religion should never mix - even our founding fathers knew that was a bad idea.