Quote:
Originally Posted by RichieLion
I think the point I made is very clear, and I'm not arguing "Shariah Law" as an intellectual exercise, or comparing it to the study of antiquity as in some passages of the Bible that have been severely modified by modern teachers of the Christian religion hundreds of years ago.
We see the present day push of Shariah Law with our own eyes, and it's effects on the society and the women under it's auspices. The practical applications of something is infinitely more important to the discussion than the historical study of it.
There is almost nothing more dangerous in the world right now than the spread of Shariah Law as practiced by the fundamentalists overseeing it.
|
Richie is right about Shariah law. It is dangerous and has spread too far. In the USA, there are some fundamentalist Muslims who have killed women under the auspices of Shariah law - but those Muslims have been punished by US criminal law.
It is not only Shariah law that is dangerous but any extremist religious rule or practice. There is some Caribbean or Haitian religion that has killed children in the name of their religion. These, too, have been punished under US criminal law.
Religious freedom does not trump criminal or even civil law.