Necessary Roughness

It’s a start.

The Washington Times reports that the Grand Ayatollah for Iraq, Ali Sistani, has issued a fatwa:

“Muslims have undertaken to obey the laws of the country of their residence and thus they must be faithful to that undertaking,” the fatwa said.

It condemned all acts of violence and encouraged imams to keep a watchful eye on what’s going on inside their mosques.

This won’t make the radicals happy, but maybe it will keep some from going over the edge.

Part of the idea of the rule of law is that if you choose to live somewhere, you choose to obey the laws of that area. Nobody is forcing you to live here.