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Nations than it does with violent “

distinguish good from evil, guides uphold rights that are innate to all
man to two paths and allows him individuals, like the right to life and
to chose if he follows the path the preservation of human dignity.
of righteousness or the path of He believes that Iraq is in need of
deviation. Thus when interpreting a humanitarian law that protects
the texts and narrations, an honest the Iraqi citizen with legally binding
Muslim knows to avoid the ways of rules that safeguard human life
distortion and extremism that do a and impose sanctions on violators
disservice to society.’ of these rules.This would not be People are of two
Al-Jobouri recalls an incident when the anarchy of absolute freedom,
Kofi Anan, the General Secretary for there must be limits to prevent kinds, either your
of the United Nations, was reading people from harming others along
Imam Ali's advice to Malik al- the principle of ‘your freedom ends brothers in faith,
Ashtar: ‘People are of two kinds, when my freedom comes into
either your brothers in faith, or your play’. or your equals in
equals in humanity.’ Al-Jobouri Abeed believes that 'To tackle humanity.
believes that Islam, which respects extremism as manifested by the
the lives, rights, and dignity of all terrorist group ISIS, we must
humanity, has more in common understand what creates such
with the Charter of the United ideologies and why people are
drawn to them.’
terrorist ideology. Islam calls for Jarry added, ‘There are those
peaceful coexistence between all who rush to the banner of Islam
peoples regardless of their religion blindly without taking the time to
or sect. Al-Jobouri holds that the understand the nuances of the
present Iraqi constitution should faith, and thus are liable to become

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