a reply to:
ElectricUniverse
That's wonderful...especially the way the view women..he feminist let's see how vocal you are in this arena..bet you won't hear a peep out of
them...that goes double for the LGBQTI group. Pretty sure Sharia Law has something to say about that too...
Careful what you wish for people
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1. The
mosque and state are not separate.
To this day, Islamic nations that
are deeply rooted
in shariah, like Iran and Saudi Arabia, do
not adequately separate the two realms, giving a lot of power to courts and
councils to ensure that legislation does not contradict the Quran (never mind
whose interpretation).
Most of the laws listed below come from this confusion.
Back-up article:
Mosque
and State
2. Jihad
may be waged against injustice or an unjust nation, as Islam defines the terms.
Classical texts say Islam is justice, and no Islam is injustice.
Therefore, a “just war” can be waged against a nation or people who do not
submit to Islam.
Yet we are told in the 1990 Cairo Declaration of Human
Rights, which is based on shariah, that humane rules must be followed (Article Three)
.
Does that article offer hope
that modern Islam can move past old Islam? Maybe.
However, the Quran, sacred traditions, classical law, and
historical Islam contradict or balance out some elements in Article Three.
Would there be a conflict between the old Islam and modern Islam, if war broke
out? Many Islamic clerics
issue fatwas
(religious rulings) to wage jihad.
Back-up
articles: Jihad
and Qital
and
The Early Muslim Community and
the Sword.
3. Jihad
may be waged to spread Islam and force conversions — a holy war.
Waging jihad to spread Islam and force conversions is a perfect description of
“holy war.” See Quran 8:39, 9:5, 9:11-12, 9:14, and 9:29; and then see 9:33; 61:9
and 48:28.
Yet, we have been told for
many years now that holy wars and forced conversions were never done in Islam. That’s
a myth imagined by Westerners.
However, read those
verses and click on the back-up articles:
Back-up
articles: Jihad
and Qital,
The Mission of Muhammad and the
Sword, and The Early Muslim Community and
the Sword.
4. A
captive in jihad may be executed, enslaved, ransomed for money, exchanged for
other prisoners, or released freely.
Quran 47:4 and 33:25-27, 4:24 says those things (and the
last option — free release — is positive). Yet we are
told that in a jihad today everything must
be done humanely and justly.
However, the
back-up article, this fourth item, and the next four items in this list balance out that
claim. Would there be a conflict
between old Islam and
modern Islam, if war broke out?
Back-up
articles: Jihad
and Qital
and Slavery
5. A
woman captive of jihad may be forced to have to sex with her captors (now
owners).
Quran 4:24 and
especially the sacred traditions and classical law allow this. The sacred traditions
say that while out on military campaigns under Muhammad’s leadership, jihadists
used to practice coitus interruptus with their female captives.
Women soldiers fighting terrorists today must be forewarned of the danger.
Back-up
articles: Jihad
and Qital
and Slavery
6. Property
can be destroyed or confiscated during jihad.
Quran 59:2 and 59:5 discuss those rules. Sacred traditions
and classical law expand on the Quranic verses. Modern Islamic law officially
improves on the Quran: see Article Three of
the 1990 Cairo Declaration of Human Rights, which is nonetheless based on
shariah, but it outlaws wanton destruction of property. Would there be any conflict
between old Islam
and modern Islam in a war today?
Back-up
articles: Jihad
and Qital and The Quran and the Sword
7. Jihad
may be waged to collect spoils.
Quran 8:1, 8:7, 8:41, and 48:20 show this clearly. Early
Islam followed the old Arab custom of raiding caravans, but as its military
grew, the raids were elevated to jihad. The spoils of war were coveted. Which Islam
would prevail in a war today — the old one or the modern one?
Back-up
articles: Jihad
and Qital and The Quran and the Sword
8. A
second-class submission tax, called the jizyah,
must be imposed on Jews and Christians (and other religious minorities) living
in Islamic countries.
Quran 9:29
offers three options to Jews and Christians: (1) Fight and die;
(2) convert to Islam; (3) or keep their religion, but pay a tribute or
submission tax, the jizyah, while
living under Islam.
In Islamic
history, vanquished Jews and Christians became known as dhimmis. This word appears in Quran 9:8 and 9:10, meaning a
“treaty” or “oath,” but it can also mean those who are “condemned” “reviled” or
“reproved” (Quran 17:18, 17:22; 68:49). The word “submission” in Quran 9:29 can
also be translated as “humiliation,” “utterly humbled,” “contemptible” or
“vile.” It can mean “small” as opposed to “great.”
Islamic nations today still seek to impose this second-class religion tax.
Back-up
articles: Jihad
and Qital and The Quran and the Sword
9. Slavery
is allowed.
It is true that freeing slaves was done in original Islam
(Quran 5:89 and 24:33), and the Quran says to be kind to slaves (Quran 4:36),
but that is not the entire story.
In addition to those verses, Quran 4:24, 23:1-7; 33:52 allow
the institution. Muhammad owned slaves, even one who was black (so says a
sacred tradition). He was militarily and politically powerful during his later life
in Medina, but he never abolished slavery as an institution.
Officially,
Islamic nations have outlawed slavery (Article 11, which is still based on shariah). That
proves Islam can reform on at least one matter. Can it reform on the other
shariah laws? And we are told that “no other nation or religious group in
the world treated slaves better than the Muslims did.” The back-up
article and next two items in this list contradict that claim.
The legacy of slavery still runs deep in Islamic countries even today.
Back-up
article: Slavery
10. A
male owner may have sex with his slave-women, even prepubescent slave-girls.
See Quran 4:24 and 23:1-7; but it is classical law that permits sex
with prepubescent slave girls and describes them as such. Some Muslim
religious leaders and others still advocate this practice, taking the slaves as concubines (though sex
with prepubescent slave-girls is another matter).
Back-up
article: Slavery
11. Slaves
may be beaten.
That’s what sacred traditions and classical laws say. See Islamic Jihad: A Legacy of
Forced Conversion, Imperialism, and Slavery
Back-up
article: Slavery
12. Apostasy
laws, including imprisonment or execution, may be imposed on anyone who leaves
Islam (an apostate).
Normally this is a prescribed punishment, but it is also
political, since it is about freedom of religion. Surprisingly the Quran does
not cover punishing apostates down here on earth, though in the afterlife they
will be punished. Does this modern Islam can reform old Islam? Quran 4:88-89,
9:73-74, and 9:123, read in that sequence, might deal with earthly punishments.
Mainly, however, the sacred traditions and classical law permit harsh treatment
for anyone who leaves Islam.
Islamic courts and
laws still impose these
punishments today,
or religious scholars today argue for the law.
Back-up article: Freedom
of Religion
13. Blasphemy
laws, including imprisonment or execution, may be imposed on critics of Islam
or Muhammad.
These verses should be read in historical sequence, for they
show that as Islam’s military power increased, the harsh treatment of mockers
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