Response Evaluation - Article Example

A very good response to the article is a very brief one by “rabi'a al adiwyyah” because the response reflects the fundamentals of Islam in their true spirit that are often misconstrued by the critics as well as in the article. She starts her response by saying that her response would make it even simpler, and it actually does. She says that it is wrong to refer to the matter as “political Islam” as Islam and politics are inseparable following the fundamental teachings of Islam.

Her response suggests that Islam is basically a complete way of life that is inclusive of politics. Islam has its own rules and principles as mentioned in the Quran. Accordingly, Muslims that are democratically empowered to caste vote do it in favor of implementation of the Sharia Law. A relatively poor response has been made by “Jay Ulfelder” since he identifies religious concerns as the fundamental reason behind the discriminatory attitudes against such practices as abortion and homosexuality in most of the states whereas the truth is that there is a considerable population of people who condemn these practices because of them being libertarians or because of their ethical and moral concerns.

Although it is undeniably true that these practices are condemned on religious grounds, but there are just as many, if not more, reasons cited to oppose these practices as the religious concerns. There is also lack of support of the argument with statistics in the response. Words like “most states”, and “some parts of the country” incorporate bias in the response.