ISLAMIC SHARIA LAW
There are four main ‘schools of thought’ in the application of the Islamic Sharia laws. These laws gradually sprouted out and is amended and changed even today, from country to country, and state to state, but always basing on the 7th century model of Jurisprudence. The biggest drawback is that Islamic Sharia Laws do not permit ‘Circumstantial Evidence’, but recognizes only eyewitness accounts to a misdemeanor/crime. It is well known in Islamic Sharia law applications, that people, who want to settle scores with someone, do give false eyewitness accounts. Records show that girls/women are the worse adversely affected. For an example, if a girl is raped, she should produce a minimum of 2 or 4 eyewitnesses of reputable character (depending on the Sharia applied) to convict the rapist. If there is only one eyewitness, the rapist is set free to rape again. It doesn’t end there. If this girl gets pregnant from this rape, she is condemned to be stoned to death, for adultery (getting pregnant out of wedlock). In a democratic and modern society, it is well documented that 92% of criminal convictions are obtained not by eyewitness accounts but by ‘circumstantial evidence’ and application of science (like DNA, etc), which are all disallowed in Islam. The Sharia laws are also in contravention of the United Nations Convention on Human Rights. Can you imagine living in a society with rapists, murderers, sex-maniacs, etc running around as free as a bird, because of Islam?
2006-12-28
14:39:15
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