{"id":22,"date":"2008-09-09T13:45:32","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T13:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/09\/a-burkean-view-of-ramadan.html"},"modified":"2008-09-09T13:45:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T13:45:32","slug":"a-burkean-view-of-ramadan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2008\/09\/a-burkean-view-of-ramadan.html","title":{"rendered":"a Burkean view of Ramadan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although I think he’s mistaken in his assessment of the Tower Hamlets Council<\/a> controversy, I fully agree and appreciate the insight into how a Burkean should approach Ramadan<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As mentioned previously on Burke’s Corner<\/em><\/a>,
\nI am disturbed by both the secularists and the neo-cons whose hostility
\nto Islam – not merely Islamist radicalism – ignores a profound Burkean
\ntruth: “man [sic<\/em>] is by his constitution a religious animal”. Back in March I said:<\/p>\n

“An
\nauthentically Burkean analysis would, indeed, critique the theocratic
\npretensions of the ideology of Islamism and its cult of holy violence.
\nBut Burkeans would carefully qualify this with a prior expression of
\nrespect for Islamic civilisation, for the ability of mosque and Koran
\nto shape societies over centuries”.<\/p>\n

As Ramadan begins today – in
\nspite of those who pervert Islam for the ideology of hate and in spite
\nof the dangerous fools in Tower Hamlets – it is appropriate to
\nreiterate that respect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve some Burkean leanings myself, it seems. I found the Wikipedia entry on Edmund Burke’s life<\/a> and works to be very compatible with my own views on religion and politics. It’s interesting that he is claimed by both modern conservatives and liberals alike as an intellectual forebear.<\/p>\n

(via Talk Islam<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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