The evidence from the group reads: "Sharia councils and the Mat hold themselves out to be 'courts of law' but they are in fact highly arbitrary decision-making forums that use dominant, patriarchal and authoritarian interpretations of Muslim codes which are passed off as 'sharia' laws".
As an American, where also many Muslims are citizens and enjoy the fruits of a free er) and more diverse society, I have to also take exception to authoritarian interpretations of religion, Islam or otherwise.
Can we extend this rather agreeable anti-authoritarian interpretation into wider society?
Anarchism is usually considered a radical left-wing ideology, and much of anarchist economics and anarchist legal philosophy reflect anti-authoritarian interpretations of communism, collectivism, syndicalism, mutualism, or participatory economics.
At the moment, the weakest and poorest always go to prison for the pettiest of crimes, sent there by judges wedded to an authoritarian, inflexible interpretation of a convoluted penal code.
An ordinary president would exercise his right to disagree with Yates' action; only an authoritarian would characterize a lawyer's reasonable interpretation of our Constitution as a betrayal.
All of these rules are still open to interpretation; it is still possible to imagine an authoritarian and humourless prosecutor going too far.
He said Valls was playing with fire by supporting the hard right's exaggerated interpretation of secularism that pushed French identity in an authoritarian way, rather than viewing it simply as the separation of church and state, and the equality for all beliefs in a neutral state.
In an op-ed for CNN titled, "Spin Doctors In Orbit Over Pope," the Catholic League's bulldog, Bill Donahue, whined, "Look for the authoritarian left to lecture the rest of us about fidelity to their interpretation of what the pope believes".
They are utlra-religious, authoritarian groups who justify their actions through selective, corrupt, and ultimately self-serving interpretations of Islam.
Out of these influences, François Duvalier — who was elected President in 1957 — crafted a twisted interpretation of Haitian history and politics that formed the ideological basis for his authoritarian regime.
