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Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore"
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Date: 
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 07:00:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
<snip>
You might want to look into some of the provisions of sharia to see if it,
itself, is flawed, and if it is, it's not possible to dismiss the problems
with islam as the actions of a "few non-representative extremists", because
the basic tenets themselves are flawed.

I'll admit to not having a great deal of digging on this topic, but when I
did some superficial searches, I found things like stoning to death for
adultery, 100 lashes for fornication, cutting off hands for theft,
<snip>

Far better to simply declare that all rights are property rights and assign
a dollar value for all transgressions, eh Larry?

Cheers

Richie Dulin



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  Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore"
 
(...) You're being sarcastic, but I'll take you seriously anyway... my answer is yes. Seems fairer to me than imposing sharia on all residents of a country just because an islamic government happens to get into power. (22 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: "France is not a Western Country anymore"
 
(...) What if the belief system itself is flawed? As I understand it, to be a good muslim, one has to follow sharia (religious law). Sharia is used as civil law in many countries and in many others, it's being pushed as something that SHOULD be used (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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