In the Islamic government all people have complete freedom to have any kind of opinion.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims all citizens in an Islamic government possess full freedom of opinion.
- In plain terms
- Everyone in the Islamic government can have any opinion.
- What can you take from it?
- Ideological freedom is claimed as a feature of the system.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines freedom in a the context?
- How is opinion regulated?
Another view
In practice, such claims often contradict restrictions on dissent.
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