Oh God! Libya and Sharia Law?

[sacex250 0]

Is there no end to the madness?

Here we go again!

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

[nigel99 144]

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Is there no end to the madness?

Here we go again!

Well the madness started when we decided that we would support terrorists in Libya. Unfortunately poking our noses into other peoples business tends to back-fire.

I am not surprised that this is happening.

Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

[piisfish 135]

same same but different in Tunisia after their elections

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[Marinus 0]

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Well the madness started when we decided that we would support terrorists in Libya. Unfortunately poking our noses into other peoples business tends to back-fire.

And how has Western involvement anything to do with the possible introduction of the Shariah in Libya? AFAIK Shariah is an Islamic law-system, and to me at least it seems a lot more plausible, that if the Shariah is introduced in Libya, it's because most Libyans are Muslims.

I think it's also time that people stop making excuses for Muslims/Islam whenever things don't go well in Islamia. Sure, there's loads of nice Muslims, I bet most Muslims are nice people, but overall Islam seems to lead the field in religious craziness at this day and age. I think it's time that we start blaming Islam, when something is obviously caused by Islam, like it is in this case.

[shropshire 0]

Bwhhhhhhh

Y'reap what y'sow

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[Marinus 0]

So we sowed bombs and we reap shariah law....

So Shariah is da Bomb?

[sacex250 0]

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So we sowed bombs and we reap shariah law....

So Shariah is da Bomb?

No, Shania (Twain) is da Bomb!

This feels like a political thriiler in which Chevy Chase is playing the President and Randy Quaid is the Secretary of State!

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

[DougH 270]

Really, as if we didn't see this coming!

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[sacex250 0]

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Really, as if we didn't see this coming!

Yes, and let me get on the record now so that in ten years when we invade Libya to overthrow the Taliban-like-government in the name of human rights I can say that I saw it coming!

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

[shropshire 0]

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Really, as if we didn't see this coming!

Yes, and let me get on the record now so that in ten years when we invade Libya to overthrow the Taliban-like-government in the name of human rights I can say that I saw it coming!

Join the queue

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[Skyrad 0]

You sound surprised? As I've said right from the start the 'rebels' include a very large dose of Al Qaeda supporters and fighters. So now people are surprised?

Anyway Sharia law is about more than lopping off appendages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharia

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
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[Marinus 0]

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Anyway Sharia law is about more than lopping off appendages.

Yes, and if you sift through all the medieval manure there's even some reasonable things in it too. Still ridicule is the only sensible reaction to the Shariah.

[rushmc 18]

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Anyway Sharia law is about more than lopping off appendages.

Yes, and if you sift through all the medieval manure there's even some reasonable things in it too. Still ridicule is the only sensible reaction to the Shariah.

Still, Sharia, as practiced today, treats women well dont you think?

I mean, they (women) are seen as equals, arent they, under Sharia law?

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[stevebabin 0]

I think that a strict seperation of church and state is a good idea.(everywhere)

"Science, logic and reason will fly you to the moon. Religion will fly you into buildings."
"Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up."

[Marinus 0]

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Still, Sharia, as practiced today, treats women well dont you think?

I mean, they (women) are seen as equals, arent they, under Sharia law?

You are kidding me, right? This is a serious question.

[rushmc 18]

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Still, Sharia, as practiced today, treats women well dont you think?

I mean, they (women) are seen as equals, arent they, under Sharia law?

You are kidding me, right? This is a serious question.

Of course I am kidding

I was responding to your comment about the proper way to talk about Sharia

you know

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Still ridicule is the only sensible reaction to the Shariah.

Were you serious?

Or am I not understanding your point?

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[Marinus 0]

Ah, my bad, but sometimes sarcasm is a bit hard to get on the internet, and there are non-Muslims out there who actually swallow the BS about the shariah being the apotheosis of female emancipation.

[rushmc 18]

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Ah, my bad, but sometimes sarcasm is a bit hard to get on the internet, and there are non-Muslims out there who actually swallow the BS about the shariah being the apotheosis of female emancipation.

Yes
I agree that sarcasm is hard to detect on the intenet

Yours and mine this time it appears

We are on the same page however

Marc

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[charlie5 0]

Laying the groundwork for ww3 one country at a time.

Nobel Peace Prizes for everyone!

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[TriGirl 268]

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You sound surprised? As I've said right from the start the 'rebels' include a very large dose of Al Qaeda supporters and fighters. So now people are surprised?

Anyway Sharia law is about more than lopping off appendages.

The problem is that it depends on whom you ask. From your wiki link:

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Muslims believe sharia is God's law, but they differ as to what exactly it entails.[2] Modernists, traditionalists and fundamentalists all hold different views of sharia, as do adherents to different schools of Islamic thought and scholarship. Different countries, societies and cultures have varying interpretations of sharia as well.

A recent example could be seen in Iraq a few years ago. The calls for implementation of sharia by the militants were not met with alarm by the populace, mostly because each person had a different definition in his mind about what that meant. As soon as the militants started enforcing their barbaric version, the populace quite decidedly turned on them in the uprising.

According to the varied comments in the OP article, it seems Libya will have to endure those same growing pains.

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Shut Up & Jump!

[Skyrad 0]

You're exactly right. There are dozens of Sharia courts throughout the UK where the interpretation is moderate and in concordance with the laws of the nations.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[piisfish 135]

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I think that a strict seperation of church and state is a good idea.(everywhere)

God bless America, the Queen, our homeland Ghana etc etc.... God is everywhere

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[Marinus 0]

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You're exactly right. There are dozens of Sharia courts throughout the UK where the interpretation is moderate and in concordance with the laws of the nations.

Yes, some Muslims want moderate shariah courts in the Netherlands too, but you know what, we already have a law in the Netherlands. If those Muslims have problems with our laws, they're free to fuck off to a country that better suits them. Yes, I know, it's a bit blunt, but I will not tolerate that medieval shit, not even the light version of it, in my country.

Shariah courts (along with Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Aztec, Babylonian, Wiccan etc. courts) should be razed the moment they're discovered on Dutch soil. We are a secular country and we don't need nor want Islamic Bullshit laws.

[rushmc 18]

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You're exactly right. There are dozens of Sharia courts throughout the UK where the interpretation is moderate and in concordance with the laws of the nations.

Yes, some Muslims want moderate shariah courts in the Netherlands too, but you know what, we already have a law in the Netherlands. If those Muslims have problems with our laws, they're free to fuck off to a country that better suits them. Yes, I know, it's a bit blunt, but I will not tolerate that medieval shit, not even the light version of it, in my country.

Shariah courts (along with Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Aztec, Babylonian, Wiccan etc. courts) should be razed the moment they're discovered on Dutch soil. We are a secular country and we don't need nor want Islamic Bullshit laws.

+1

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[rushmc 18]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/25/florida-appeals-court-rejects-petition-to-block-judge-from-imposing-islamic-law/

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln