He has embraced his dhimmitude. In any case, “please don’t squeeze the Charmin!”
Sheik,
Unfortunately, the very fact the word “finance” is preceded by the word “Sha’ria” in this financial context, exposes the primary reason why Freepers won’t even bother to look its meaning up, let alone consider its merits.
Mainstream Christian denominations are in broad agreement on the basic founding principles of the religion, but there are still major differences in the interpretation of the Bible, in the rituals that govern worship, and the nature of the priesthood.
So why is it so difficult for the American Right to understand that the same applies in Islam?
Some Islamic factions take the Koran literally and embrace interpretations like militant Wahabbism, but the overwhelming majority of Moslems, especially in the West, do not.
Just so you know where I’m coming from on this:
My immediate family can trace its roots back to Devon in England, and has been traced all the way back to the Norman Conquest. My family’s religious heritage follows the Quaker tradition, and indeed it persists to this day across West Virginia, not far from where their forefathers first settled in the 1760s.
My best mate at university was a practising Moslem, and we were both active volunteers at the local homeless shelter which was run by a Catholic priest from Northern Ireland - and my wife, who was also a volunteer there (that’s how we met) hailed from Ballymena, home of the Orange Order and Free Presbyterians.
Shock of shocks, we all got on famously.
Naturally, I regard sectarianism, not patriotism, as the last refuge of a scoundrel.