Newly installed Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont announced a proposal to inroduce Shariah law in the Muslim southern provinces of Thailand. This presents a dangerous turn of events for Southeast Asia.
The danger of allowing religious law in traditionally benign Thailand could set a precedent that may result in other countries of the region being pressured by Muslim radicals to accept Islamic law. The problems of Shariah are well documented. The Taliban is one of the prime examples of when Shariah goes wrong. Women's rights, religious freedom and other personal liberties will be threatened by Islamic governance.
The military installed government of Thailand seems to be attempting to placate Muslims in the southern part of the country, but as the old saying goes, "If you give a mouse a cookie..."
Read the International Herald Tribune story.
Showing posts with label Islamic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamic. Show all posts
08 November 2006
19 October 2006
Why Islamic Law is Bad.
If you need another argument of why the US should be in the Middle East, here it is:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/6065720.stm
The nutshell is that an 18 year old was aquitted of murder due to self-defense circumstances (he was being sexually assaulted.) The "legal" court found him not-guilty, the Federal Sharia Court, who administers Islamic law overturned the innocence verdict and sentenced him to hang.
Islamic fundamentalists' chief desire is to institute the "Sharia" (Islamic law) as the system of government throughout the world. This is a great example as to the danger of such implementation.
The U.S. is no angel, but I can think of no instance where a court overturned an innocence verdict on religious grounds.
UPDATE (22OCT2006): Islamic kidnappers in Afghanistan kidnapped Italian photojournalist Gabriele Torsello and are offering her release in exchange for the return of a Christian convert who had successfuly sought asylum in Italy. According to Islamic law (as interpreted by fundamentalists) the penalty for a Muslim's conversion to another religion is death. Read the BBC story for details on this example of religious extremism and it's threat to security and freedom.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/6065720.stm
The nutshell is that an 18 year old was aquitted of murder due to self-defense circumstances (he was being sexually assaulted.) The "legal" court found him not-guilty, the Federal Sharia Court, who administers Islamic law overturned the innocence verdict and sentenced him to hang.
Islamic fundamentalists' chief desire is to institute the "Sharia" (Islamic law) as the system of government throughout the world. This is a great example as to the danger of such implementation.
The U.S. is no angel, but I can think of no instance where a court overturned an innocence verdict on religious grounds.
UPDATE (22OCT2006): Islamic kidnappers in Afghanistan kidnapped Italian photojournalist Gabriele Torsello and are offering her release in exchange for the return of a Christian convert who had successfuly sought asylum in Italy. According to Islamic law (as interpreted by fundamentalists) the penalty for a Muslim's conversion to another religion is death. Read the BBC story for details on this example of religious extremism and it's threat to security and freedom.
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