Elvendon
Mystical Tea Dispenser
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=400605&in_page_id=1770
In a recent meeting between Communities Minister Ruth Kelly and a number of liberal Muslim leaders, the latter group demanded that, if Muslim youth were to feel that they were being treated equally, Muslim festivals would need to be made into bank holidays for Muslim citizens in the UK and Sharia law would have to be implimented in family cases in which Muslims are involved.
Now, forgive me at being rather incredulous at this. Non-Muslims (Zimmis) in an Islamic state are completely subject to Shariah, so why should Muslims in non-Muslim communities be given special dispensation to adhere to different laws than the rest of the populace? Does this not speak an inherent hypocrisy and derogatory opinion of non-Muslim religions within the view of the community leaders who suggested this adjustment?
As Muslims in the UK and other predominantly Christian nations have far more rights (in that they can proselytize, build new places of worship and print their holy texts) than non-Muslims in Muslim nations, I consider the view that Muslims living in western countries are being "oppressed" is completely ludicrous.
If these sections within the Ummah are so determined to have their own rules, then perhaps they should remain within countries that share their worldview.
In a recent meeting between Communities Minister Ruth Kelly and a number of liberal Muslim leaders, the latter group demanded that, if Muslim youth were to feel that they were being treated equally, Muslim festivals would need to be made into bank holidays for Muslim citizens in the UK and Sharia law would have to be implimented in family cases in which Muslims are involved.
Now, forgive me at being rather incredulous at this. Non-Muslims (Zimmis) in an Islamic state are completely subject to Shariah, so why should Muslims in non-Muslim communities be given special dispensation to adhere to different laws than the rest of the populace? Does this not speak an inherent hypocrisy and derogatory opinion of non-Muslim religions within the view of the community leaders who suggested this adjustment?
As Muslims in the UK and other predominantly Christian nations have far more rights (in that they can proselytize, build new places of worship and print their holy texts) than non-Muslims in Muslim nations, I consider the view that Muslims living in western countries are being "oppressed" is completely ludicrous.
If these sections within the Ummah are so determined to have their own rules, then perhaps they should remain within countries that share their worldview.
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