Ritual bodily discipline is a precondition for correctly applying sharia law

Evidence

In short, in the secret society the nature of ritual objectively often quite senseless and schematically coercive is by no means inconsistent with that group freedom which resembles anarchy, with severance from the norms of the inclusive society. — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 8744 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Islamic spiritual discipline aims to align human desire with divine law — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 1205; Sharia ties moral judgment to embodied relationships rather than an inaccessible conscience; Embodied practice constitutes a precondition for religious experience (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Body techniques from worship form the judge’s capacity to apply law correctly #exemplifies (0.97)
• Internal rigid ritual can coexist with radical external freedom from social norms #complicates (0.71) — Georg Simmel, The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 8744