Why were the Lal Masjid elements allowed so much leeway that the complex became almost like a state within a state, complete with a moral policing force which acted with impunity enforcing a rigid interpretation of Islam on the city's residents?
But Mr. Zainuddin — who graduated from Lipia, a Saudi-financed university here that promotes Wahhabism, a rigid interpretation of Islam — also believes in the party's founding goal of carrying out Shariah in Indonesia.
(We tend to forget that stoning to death is never mentioned in the Koran but is frequently prescribed in the Bible; a rigid interpretation of Deuteronomy would lead to the execution of most Americans).
They are said to be responsible for 40 killings, including bloggers who were alleged to be atheists, a US embassy employee who was a gay rights activist, and Sufi Muslims, who denounced a rigid interpretation of scripture.
Such a rigid interpretation would mean that the respective provisions exclude many of those they were designed to protect.
Extremism relates to a form of religiosity involving a highly rigid interpretation of Islam.
He did, however, play in one game for Newcastle's reserves, otherwise known as the under-21s or "development" side and, although Fifa regarded this as a competitive fixture, Nice felt it was an overly rigid interpretation.
Third, experience counsels against an overly rigid interpretation of the F.D.C.A. that is divorced from the statute's overall health-protecting purposes.
The mosque's board president, Najam Khan, said today that action broke an agreement that Mr. Al-Hallak, considered by some congregants as having an overly rigid interpretation of Muslim theology, refrain from any leadership role.
Iran is locked in an intense struggle between reformers who want to make the system more responsive to the will of the people and conservatives supported by armed street vigilantes who are determined to keep their hold on power through their rigid interpretation of Islam.
