Shaira
Are we nuts? Traditional Shaira Islam is the most intolerant, racist, murderous major religion. Our world boasts legions of kind and equanimious Muslims - but they are not traditional, they are Reformed. Shaira law IS radical. Mohamed had 30+ wives, including a girl of 9. He broke truces to slaughter his enemies, and people who criticize him in any way have been killed. How do we define murder as a human right? I believe in Allah but not in Islamic Shaira Law. It is the epitome of human rights violations.
In related news, we tried to broker a deal with the Taliban in Pakistan, that if they agreed to stop hurling bombs & bullets at us, we'll allow them to go their merry way, to merely rape, kill, bully and otherwise terrorize their own people. Gee, what a great deal! Listen, did I miss a memo? I thought this was the era of "Change"!? Thank GOD the Taliban rejected it.... now how's that for irony?
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I think you meant "sharia law," not "shaira law."
May 19, 2009 1:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not a fan of sharia law at all, but the one-eyed press on this annoys me a bit. You've got to have a little context: compare the three following-
1. sharia law
2. taliban enforcement/interpretation of it
3. tribal norms/government corruption and tyranny that are being replaced by it.
Sharia law is an improvement on many social norms in the tribal regions as regards women's rights, and as applied by the taliban a definite improvement on government corruption. THAT's the context in which you have judge the current indiscriminate bombing of civilian populations in these regions.
May 19, 2009 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink