Saturday, July 24, 2010

Middle

A inherent conflict how the individual can be and dependent in his community. Aristotle “Golden Middle” (Eudemian Ethics ), applied to to politics is act to compromise. The issue is who made the rules, the problem we are dealing how individual choices are accommodate by a community. Communities operated in religious ground is good place to observed the effect. In many case religious communities reality is rule by a dogma, which in many cases did not tolerated any minority, even when in the principals adherent to some kind tolerated, but due to the dogma in the long run become very intolerant society.
A good example Al-Andalus, had been idealize, where the tree major monotheistic religions could coexist, far from the truth a revival of Islamic fundamentalism of 12 century force the first expulsion of the Jews an internal strife weak the empire. The inherent problem the Spain was conquer and natives especially the north kingdoms of Aragon and Navarra, kept and fought back the conquest.
After almost 800 years Islam not just as religion, but a force were expels from Spain is a Christian land.
This situation is not unique to Al-Andalus in the 700ś to 1493, but after of Ottomans conquest of Constantinople to this day in the 21 did not recognize the authority as power of the Patriarch of Constantinople, in part or the reason Islam does not want and afraid to the confront, in name of a God, just an Imperial power forcing a God.