partisanship

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Pages on the partisanship debate and the claim of siding with a particular party.

"Even If a Woman Dresses Revealingly, a Man Cannot Look"

His answer, as an Islamic jurist, to the discourse that ties sexual assault to a woman's clothing: a woman's sin belongs to her alone, and it is not even permissible for a man to look at her.

Why Did the Religious Communities Stay Silent?

He explains why no other religious communities or orders spoke out during his 22-month detention by pointing to partisanship; as his criterion he cites Hazrat Ali's advice to at least make oppression known.

"I Am Against Oppression, No Matter Who It Is Done To"

He explains, with examples, the criterion of not looking at the identity of the one who has been wronged; and he shows its limit as well: he says that if an injustice were done to the government that put him in prison, he would defend it too.

"Even If a Woman Dresses Revealingly, a Man Cannot Look"

Why Did the Religious Communities Stay Silent?

"I Am Against Oppression, No Matter Who It Is Done To"

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