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To: SJackson
These are not all "clear-cut" laws and not all are incompatible with the Constitution.

1 - Jihad just means struggle. It can be from your personal struggle to stop smoking, all the way up to holy war against the infidel.

9 - 3) We forgive the killing of robbers too.

11 - The Bible never abolished slavery either, but regulated it. The Quran does suggest freeing slaves for payment of Zakat (above), as atonement for sins and allowing them contracts to purchase their freedom. OTOH, I believe modern slavery is most common in Muslim nations, even where it is technically illegal but generally tolerated.

16 - Interest is allowed, if you call it by another name.

21 - Beating a wife is an issue of interpretation. Where it is interpreted, it is a last resort, and discouraged in any case.

22 - The rules of divorce depend on the branch of Islam.

24 - Inheriting half was actually an improvement, and while the men get more money, they also have more financial responsibility. Note that the Bible says if there are boys, the girls get nothing.

25 - The woman initiating the divorce is allowed in the Quran. But if you want to see some nasty treatment of women, just read the Bible.

32 - Covering is extremely variable by culture. The Quran says cover to avoid sexual harrassment. The Taliban take it to one extreme, others just say dress conservatively.

Most of the rest are flat-out incompatible with our Constitution. Note that practices in the Bible are incompatible too, but our society has moved beyond that. Sharia law as practiced today would have to change dramatically to be fully compatible with the Constitution.

9 posted on 08/30/2010 7:03:01 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

What you are mis-representing there is that not only is the bible a collection of Gods word, a collection of good ways to live your life, it is also a collection of examples of hopw to really mess it up.

Mis-treatemnt of women is NOT a part of how you are guided by this book.

Slavery in the days of the OT was not the ‘involuntary SLAVERY’ depicted in the US 17-1800’s. It was mostly voluntary servitude ‘slavery’.

Practices in the bible and using them as a basis for our foundation and laws is what made this country so successful. Nice try at revisionism.


14 posted on 08/30/2010 8:51:47 AM PDT by RoadGumby (For God so loved the world)
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To: antiRepublicrat
Note that practices in the Bible are incompatible too...

It doesn't matter, as there is nothing in Christianity that dictates that the Christian's goal is to make the government of his country Christianity-compliant. Christianity is a religion. Its guidelines are for individual practice. Islam is a system, a theo-political construct. There is no Christian equivalent of the concept of Shariah. The goal is a Heavenly kingdom, not an earthly one.

15 posted on 08/30/2010 8:57:10 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (So, kids can't wear American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo but we'll have a mosque at Ground Zero?)
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