tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512317041431941753.post5213023583584328659..comments2024-03-09T03:16:10.626-05:00Comments on America Revealed: What Sharia Is and Isn't--Panel at Center for American Progresssforresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778318395686111784noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512317041431941753.post-90269257319351997032011-07-29T19:41:41.873-04:002011-07-29T19:41:41.873-04:00In addition, we should stop this incessant desire ...In addition, we should stop this incessant desire to judge the rest of the world based on our perception of what is "normal". Personal and situational bias is what got us into this mess to begin with. Who the hell are we to tell the rest of the world how to act and comport themselves when we can't even control our own nation?sforresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778318395686111784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512317041431941753.post-34390678667207723182011-07-29T19:37:04.137-04:002011-07-29T19:37:04.137-04:00I don't typically disagree with comments but i...I don't typically disagree with comments but if you would please spend a moment reviewing and analyzing the current degradation and treatment of women as well as minorities in this country as well as our judicial system which operates upon rewarding the prosecutors and judges for convictions, you would easily see that America is not what one would call even with the wildest of imaginations; civil. Case in point: Guantanamo Bay and the radicalization of Christian bigotry and xenophobic paranoia. The phrase, "when one points a finger, three others always point back", definitely applies here. We are far from being in the position of judgement given the numbers of murders of innocents we have committed in this "Holy War" against Islam.sforresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778318395686111784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3512317041431941753.post-6151907463443192272011-07-29T04:24:40.368-04:002011-07-29T04:24:40.368-04:00Couple of issues - "It consists of laws that ...Couple of issues - "It consists of laws that pertain to the individual, not the government."<br />Then why do governments run countries based on it, either strictly or moderately? One of Libya's council members is a sharia law graduate and a large faction of the council and its supporters want to have a sharia law system imposed on the country.<br />Wiki - Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, although, according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia adopted by royal decree in 1992, the king must comply with Sharia (that is, Islamic law) and the Quran. The Quran and the Sunna (the traditions of Muhammad) are declared to be the country's constitution. No political parties or national elections are permitted and according to The Economist's 2010 Democracy Index, the Saudi government is the seventh most authoritarian regime from among the 167 countries rated.<br />--------------<br />Saudi has one of the most brutal and unfair justice systems in the world. Sharia.<br />What is it these CFP people are selling? A different version than that applied in practice?Clothcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03077729532843204244noreply@blogger.com