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Topic: Is Islam more pro-free market and libertarian? (Read 14404 times)
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antistate1190
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I've read that the Muslim World (Ottoman Empire and before) was much more free market libertarian than most of the western world was. I want to explore this more. I've also heard that Islam as a religion/philosophy demands better standards of business than most western philosophy. Does anyone know if this is true?
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B.D. Ross
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You ask for truth about subjective questions?
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Alex Libman
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« Last Edit: October 19, 2011, 11:14:16 pm by Alex Libman »
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Alex Libman
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I'm sorry, but I don't do Vulcan mind-melds with hunter-gatherer vegan Muslims.
You're gonna have to exercise your reading comprehension skills on your own...
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antistate1190
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I'm sorry, but I don't do Vulcan mind-melds with hunter-gatherer vegan Muslims.
You're gonna have to exercise your reading comprehension skills on your own...
So what's your deal w/ Muslims and Islam? |
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Alex Libman
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I think millions of them would behead me if they could. And, just to make sure, there's THIS thread.   |
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antistate1190
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I think millions of them would behead me if they could. And, just to make sure, there's THIS thread. How would you know? Do you know what Islam teaches? |
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Alex Libman
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I've listened to the Quran plus about 80 additional hours of pro-Islamic audio-books / podcasts on the subject. I wasn't fully awake for most of it though.
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B.D. Ross
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How would you know? Do you know what Islam teaches?
Islam is an abstract concept and does not teach anything. People have their own conceptions of what Islam is, and people teach what they think. It'd be like saying Christianity teaches that you should love your fellow man. But, not literally, 'cause then you're sinful homosexual and will burn in hell. People hold these opinions. They aren't inherent in the abstract idea. |
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Uncle Walt
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It'd be like saying Christianity teaches that you should love your fellow man. But, not literally, 'cause then you're sinful homosexual and will burn in hell. ROFL |
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antistate1190
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How would you know? Do you know what Islam teaches?
Islam is an abstract concept and does not teach anything. People have their own conceptions of what Islam is, and people teach what they think. It'd be like saying Christianity teaches that you should love your fellow man. But, not literally, 'cause then you're sinful homosexual and will burn in hell. People hold these opinions. They aren't inherent in the abstract idea. Compare Islam during its golden age and Christianity around the same time. Which society would you rather live in as a libertarian who believes in free markets? |
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John Edward Mercier
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In an Islamic country... you'd get your hands cut off for loaning money at interest.
So I guess it depends whether I wanted to forgo interest... or forgo my hands... or live within the Christian realm.
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antistate1190
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In an Islamic country... you'd get your hands cut off for loaning money at interest.
So I guess it depends whether I wanted to forgo interest... or forgo my hands... or live within the Christian realm.
Aren't you always bringing up the "success" of mutualism on this forum? |
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B.D. Ross
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How would you know? Do you know what Islam teaches?
Islam is an abstract concept and does not teach anything. People have their own conceptions of what Islam is, and people teach what they think. It'd be like saying Christianity teaches that you should love your fellow man. But, not literally, 'cause then you're sinful homosexual and will burn in hell. People hold these opinions. They aren't inherent in the abstract idea. Compare Islam during its golden age and Christianity around the same time. Which society would you rather live in as a libertarian who believes in free markets? You're still thinking in abstractions that you're not completely communicating. When are these time periods you refer to? And, admitting there is some "golden age" to each, why do you think religion itself has some particular affect on other considerations? And that those religious beliefs haven't changed over time such that Islam referred to in some time past is still the Islam we typically think of today. Not to mention that a religion is not a society. Historically, civilizations and economic progress wax and wane without almost complete indifference to particular religious beliefs. |
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