17 أيلول، 2006 / مدونة “أقوال وأفكار”
ما أن يوضع حد فاصل ما بين الحرية والعدالة حتى يصبح الإثنان في نظري عرضة للخطر. إدموند بيرك، 1729-1797 Continue reading “الحرية والعدالة”
Author: Ammar
A Syrian dreamer & dissident, not necessarily in that order.
We, the Barbarians!
Have all leaders, religious and political, in the so-called Muslim World, become illiterate all of a sudden? Or are they intent on using every little opportunity that presents itself to prove in deed what they continue to deny in words, namely: that Islamic civilization and culture are dead, and that Muslims are adamant on continuing their head-long descent into barbarity? Continue reading “We, the Barbarians!”
مدونة “أقوال وأفكار” – 17 أيلول، 2006
الحرية التي لا تصحبها العدالة ظلم، فالحرية عدالة والظلم استعباد. والقيود التي تفرضها المجتمعات على الحرية تعتبر عادلة طالما كانت غايتها تحقيق حرية الآخرين والحفاظ عليها، وفي حال نجحت فعلاً في تحقيق هذه الغاية، وإلاّ توجّب مراجعتها وتعديلها أو إلغائها.ـ
A Note on Apathy
First posted on my short-lived blog Tharwalizations.
Apathy is probably one of the most puzzling and serious social diseases affecting regional youth these days. Yet, we can blame economic conditions and the local fear culture, stemming out of authoritarian predilections of ruling regimes and the potential for ethnic strife in some cases, only so much before we have to stop and consider the involvement of other factors in this matter as well. For fear and economic hardships only represent the inhibitive side of the equation, while human behavior is equally shaped by motivating factors. Indeed, the lack of credible leaders and the lack of a promising vision of the future, both of which are necessary factors for inspiring people into action, seem to be involved here as well. Continue reading “A Note on Apathy”
