Posted on 02/02/2007 7:22:49 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
If you omit the parts of sharia law that are incompatible with our form of democracy, there isn't much left. Subjugation of women and infidels seem to be the heart of Sharia law. Why bother? Walking around in a costume from the sixth century is not even part of Sharia law. It was an invention of the Muslim Brotherhood, the radical Islamic group.
No, if you eliminate Sharia law and conquering and subjugation
of the infidel, you get Judaism.
I don't think the "heart" of Sharia or Islam in general is subjugation of women or infidels, I think it is Arab unity under one ruler.
No, the fundamental heart of Islam may not be the subjugation of women and infidels. That's not what I said. Islam is a political philosophy that uses religion to unify its adherents , behind the belief in the superiority of the believer and the need to spread the doctrine throughout the world. If you remove the hate and the subjugation of women and infidels, along with sharia law, you get Judaism. Mohammed added nothing new to Judaism, but the hate, and the Arabs in all the starring roles. It's as if Mohammed was the first post modernist, deconstructing the metanarrative of Judaism to reflect the Arab persecution. There is nothing new under the sun.
"It's as if Mohammed was the first post modernist, deconstructing the metanarrative of Judaism to reflect the Arab persecution."
- Not a wrong way to put it. Regardless of what notions Mohammed had concerning what we today call narratives or metanarratives, he probably couldn't stand the Weltanschaung of the surrounding Jews at his time as their beliefs interfered with his visions of military dominance of the Mid East (and especially the Arabic Peninsula).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.