Sharia Law in the UK

[Laila]

Originally Posted by TashaN

I think there is no point in debating here whether Shariah law should be applied or not, because i noticed that Laila have alot of misconceptions about Shariah law, and it appeared to me that she mixed it up with with some cultural issues, or some exterme views by some scholars. I see there is no point in this discussion between both of you because of you appear to talk two different languages. Thus, I highly recommend that we discuss first what is Shariah law to decide whether it's worthy to fight for it to be applied or not from a legal point of view.

Thanks for sharing but this is not the point of this thread. Majority of British muslims do not want sharia laws in the UK; we don't need separate laws when we have existing laws in our country. We want equality and integration.

[TashaN]

Originally Posted by Laila

Thanks for sharing but this is not the point of this thread. Majority of British muslims do not want sharia laws in the UK; we don't need separate laws when we have existing laws in our country. We want equality and integration.

That is indeed interesting. Can you please provide us with any information or statistics regarding the "Majority of Muslims in the UK" you mentioned when it comes to their opinion of Shariah Law?

By the way, i have started another thread to know the issues people have with Shariah Law. Feel free to state your opinion there if you have the time, i really would apperciate that as it would help me to understand where you are coming from, because i don't want to go off-topic in this thread.

What's wrong with Sharia Law?

[not4me]

Originally Posted by YmirGF

Could you enlarge on your thinking here a bit Not4me? I am quite curious, actually.

"No religion in politics and no politics in religion" is the slogan of most of the governments in the Muslim region especially the Arabic region. These governments repress the political life, the political opposition, the democratic process and restrict multiplicity of political parties. Absolutely this political secularism affects the other legal, social, economic and educational systems but this effect differs from country to another. The banks in the Muslim countries deal with riba, no zakah is collected, the huddood are not implemented, alcohol shops are every where....banning hijab in Tunisia and Turkey....Muslim scholars are banned....if we looked at the Personal Status Laws in Morocco for instance, we could easily know how they violate the Islamic Shari'a and contradict it...etc. One of the strongest (if not the most strongest) oppositions to these secular political systems is the Islamist opposition. The Islamic political movements enjoy a wide puplic support through the Muslim region although they don't occupy positions in the current regimes and they even don't enjoy legal networks to work through. Islamists believe that Islam is a political system or (better) Islam includes all the different systems in the Muslim society; political, social, economic...etc. and thus this ideology completely contradicts that of the ruling regimes that says Islam should stay at mosques only. It should be clear that the different political Islamic movements varies from each other; in many of their approaches.

P.S. Ha, we are going to see if the Turkish Justice and Development Party is going to be banned or not.

[Laila]

Originally Posted by not4me

....banning hijab in Tunisia and Turkey....

I disagree with the banning of the headscarf; even though I have my personal opinions regarding the obligation of them in Islam. Women should have the right to choice whether they want or do not want to wear them and they certainly should not be excluded if they do the former.

[not4me]

Well, I don't disagree..