"Abide by" or "implement" the Shariah?
In the context of ruling and politics, is the Shariah something to "abide by" or to "implement" ?
implement (verb): To fulfill; perform; carry out. To put into effect
according to or by means of a definite plan or procedure.
"implement." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 11 Jan. 2007.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/implement>
abide by (verb): To act in accord with. To submit to;
agree to. To remain steadfast or faithful to;
"abide." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 11 Jan. 2007.http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abide>
4 comments:
It is precisely the same, but I'm sure someone will attempt to explain how the executive abides by the law while the legislature implements it - both being the Fuhrer - sorry I meant the Khalifah!
The distinction I suppose would work if you separated executive policies and law and made them both subject to a constitution, e.g. US, or bound everything by parliaments decree, e.g. UK.
But it doesn't matter if you believe eine volk eine reich eine fuhrer - forgive me, al-khaleefah huwa ad-dawla (the Caliph is the state), he adopts the constitution and enacts the law, chooses the governors and decides whether to have judges or not, mash potatoes or beans.
What's your point? You could say, for a person in a position of ruling, he is abiding by implementing. ;-)
after quite a while (probably longer than this post has been up) I think now I see where you are comming from. First thing that springs to mind is - Debono (parallel thinking) style - why could not it be both implement and abide?
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