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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
Radicalized Muslim males and some females did these things for the most part. Islam is one of the largest religions in the world with most adherents being peaceful.
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I'd be "peaceful" and keep my mouth shut, too, if I were a gay man not wanting to be hurled off a rooftop so that according to the Sharia Court, my 'sins would be cleansed'.
Islam: Governing Under Sharia
"Sharia, or Islamic law, influences the legal code in most Muslim countries. A movement to allow sharia to govern personal status law, a set of regulations that pertain to marriage, divorce, inheritance, and custody, is even expanding into the West...
...Some interpretations are used to justify cruel punishments such as amputation and stoning, as well as unequal treatment of women in inheritance, dress, and independence."
Islam: Governing Under Sharia - Council on Foreign Relations