[Taltarzac725]

Five myths about sharia - The Washington Post

I just wanted to put this out there. People should dig into research when you hear some pundit on one of the more biased news-entertainment stations spouting off on issues of the day.

Cannot say I understand all of what this Islamic scholar is trying to communicate but I will give it a try with a few more readings and more research.

Sharia Law has been coming up a lot in discussions I have heard here in the Villages especially with respect to the tragedy of the murder of 49 people in Orlando two weeks ago and the motives of the man who did this. His motives look quite complicated. Orlando nightclub shooting: Who is gunman Omar Mateen? - Orlando Sentinel

If you want to dig into Arab history and culture this looks like a good resource-- Resources for Arabic Litrature, Music and History

As does this-- ADC |
Educational Resources

http://www.adc.org/fileadmin/ADC/Edu...vilization.pdf

[graciegirl]

People want to believe that religions teach and practice similarly but that is not true.

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[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

He is correct here.

Asifa Quraishi-Landes does seem to know something about Sharia Law and Islam.

Many talking heads on television do not know much of anything about Sharia Law and do not even bother to Google anything about it. They just spread their fear, hatred and ignorance and which is often calculated to get ratings out of the group they are trying to sell condoms, cars, Viagra, and other stuff too.

[leftyf]

Regardless, we do not need sharia law in the USA. We have our own laws and don't need theirs.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by leftyf

Regardless, we do not need sharia law in the USA. We have our own laws and don't need theirs.

The only way Sharia Law will come here is if ISIS conquers us. That could happen but it would take a situation like that in The Last Ship where some form of plague or other kind of outbreak wipes out most of the population. And the ISIS population would have to have many more of the immune.

I cannot see Sharia Law coming here unless it is quite different than what most people understand it to be.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by leftyf

Regardless, we do not need sharia law in the USA. We have our own laws and don't need theirs.

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[Taltarzac725]

Islamic Law: A Bibliography | Law Library of Congress

This might be of interest.

[leftyf]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Where is the like button?

I know, I wish we had a "Like Button" too

[HimandMe]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

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[Fredster]

Originally Posted by leftyf

Regardless, we do not need sharia law in the USA. We have our own laws and don't need theirs.

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[Hancle704]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

The only way Sharia Law will come here is if ISIS conquers us. That could happen but it would take a situation like that in The Last Ship where some form of plague or other kind of outbreak wipes out most of the population. And the ISIS population would have to have many more of the immune.

I cannot see Sharia Law coming here unless it is quite different than what most people understand it to be.

I think that in the past most groups who came to the US came to improve their situations and were willing to become Americans and over time assimilated into our culture. Today there are groups who have arrived and have chosen not to assimilate and become Americans. With a declining birth rate among most Americans and Western Europeans it is becoming evident that because Muslims have a higher birth rate in US and Western Europe, they could soon become a majority who would then institute Sharia Law.

[gap2415]

I was of the understanding that those who practice Sharia law do not need to obey the country they are in if that country sanctions Sharia law for them.

I also have been reading about Sufis, the mystical religion of some of the Moslems and how very different their views are to the hardliners. Mystics from all faith groups easily understand and have no problem relating to each other, something Jung taught us. It's too easy to lump everyone of one country together although ISIS has made us all hesitant....they lump westerners all together....at least those who have swallowed hate whole. Evolution takes such a long, long time in this one world we share.

[RickeyD]

If I'm not mistaken, the Amish will not defend our shores, Hassidic Jews won't either. Probably more groups I can't remember now. The children of Abraham are a very diverse lot. I was born and raised Roman Catholic, but now a strict atheist. To me religion is a very strange way of life and has brought more death to humankind then any virus or terrestrial event. The world is changing folks and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do to stop it. Either we all stand together or surely we're all gonna die together.


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[goodtimesintv]

See this 6-minute video with Ayaan Hirsi Ali and read her bio published by Harvard below.

2016 Ayaan Hirsi Ali Making It Clear About Islam - YouTube

Harvard University:

Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1969. The daughter of a political opponent of the Somali dictatorship, Ayaan Hirsi Ali grew up in exile, moving from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia then Kenya.

As a young child, she was subjected to female genital mutilation. As she grew up, she embraced Islam and strove to live as a devout Muslim. But she began to question aspects of her faith. One day, while listening to a sermon on the many ways women should be obedient to their husbands, she couldn't resist asking, "Must our husbands obey us too?"

In 1992 Ayaan was married off by her father to a distant cousin who lived in Canada. In order to escape this marriage, she fled to the Netherlands where she was given asylum, and in time citizenship. In her early years in Holland she worked in factories and as a maid. She quickly learned Dutch, however, and was able to study at the University of Leiden. Working as a translator for Somali immigrants, she saw at first hand the inconsistencies between liberal, Western society and tribal, Muslim cultures.

After earning her M.A. in political science, Ayaan worked as a researcher for the Wiardi Beckman Foundation in Amsterdam. She then served as an elected member of the Dutch parliament from 2003 to 2006. While in parliament, she focused on furthering the integration of non-Western immigrants into Dutch society, and on defending the rights of Muslim women. She campaigned to raise awareness of violence against women, including honor killings and female genital mutilation, practices that had followed the immigrants into Holland......

In 2004 Ayaan gained international attention following the murder of Theo van Gogh. Van Gogh had directed her short film Submission, a film about the oppression of women under Islam. The assassin, a radical Muslim, left a death threat for her pinned to Van Gogh's chest......" SEE Full Bio:

Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Harvard - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

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[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Where is the like button?

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