Connection of 9/11 Commission and Maldive Law Review

Submitted by Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz (United States), Jul 27, 2004 at 16:18

> Moderate Muslims who seek reform, freedom, democracy, and opportunity, the report
> goes on, must "reflect upon such basic issues as the concept of jihad, the position of
> women, and the place of non-Muslim minorities," then they need to develop new
> Islamic interpretations of these.

The above attempt seems to be what the building of the Criminal Law project for the Maldives may be designed to do. Perhaps that project should be supported as the first step in a desirable result.

Hillel (Sabba) Markowitz

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