re the inimitable rushdie in article apr bradford ac uk l newnham bradford ac uk leonard newnham writes gregg jaeger jaeger buphy bu edu wrote and no in western countries it isn t a legal concept at all so it s not the slightest bit pertinent to the topic which is a british author living in the united kingdom under the protection of british law ah yes i keep forgetting governments are superior entities to religious organizations forgive me the gun is the higher law this is degenerating to zumder logic of course governments are superior entities they are elected by the people whereas religious leaders certainly are not perhaps not in christianity but in islam the choice of religious leaders is to be made by the people so much for your superiority argument those who the people trust to make the law obviously represents the higher law that is democracy democracy is a basic element of islam learn that one ever notice that the so called fundamentalists in algeria who are being repressed by the secular government won in free and democratic elections gregg
