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1 stabby  Sat, Apr 27, 2013 6:42:51pm

The UK isn’t the US, I think there IS voluntary Sharia arbitration courts, there are ones that use Jewish law too.
The problems are:
1) these tend to be unfair to women
2) if people are under pressure from their family, is the choice to use arbitration through a religious institution really “voluntary”?
Similar questions have come up in Canada.
It’s just ignorant to assume that people who are talking about a legal issue in another country are just like American wingnuts who fixate on pure fantasy.

2 SidewaysQuark  Sat, Apr 27, 2013 6:57:09pm

….but the bit about Taqiyya is pure stupid.

3 CuriousLurker  Sat, Apr 27, 2013 8:07:13pm

If they’re throwing around the term taqiyya, then I’m 110% certain that if you were to dig into whoever’s behind this effort, you’d soon find one (or more) of the hateful Islamophobes. It’s one of their frickin’ code words.

4 CuriousLurker  Sat, Apr 27, 2013 8:19:01pm

I just now read the whole blog post and saw your last line:

I can say nothing more, other than I’m embarrassed for these atheists.

Yeah, atheists are human too and therefore susceptible to irrationality, ignorance, hatred and extremism, just like everyone else. Imagine my surprise. //

You’re good people b, just keep being the way you are. Trust me when I say I know only too well how you feel when you encounter this kind of crap.

5 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Sat, Apr 27, 2013 8:23:13pm

re: #1 stabby

The UK isn’t the US, I think there IS voluntary Sharia arbitration courts, there are ones that use Jewish law too.
The problems are:
1) these tend to be unfair to women
2) if people are under pressure from their family, is the choice to use arbitration through a religious institution really “voluntary”?
Similar questions have come up in Canada.
It’s just ignorant to assume that people who are talking about a legal issue in another country are just like American wingnuts who fixate on pure fantasy.

Yah, I’m pretty ignorant.

6 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Sat, Apr 27, 2013 8:24:13pm

re: #4 CuriousLurker

I just now read the whole blog post and saw your last line:

Yeah, atheists are human too and therefore susceptible to irrationality, ignorance, hatred and extremism, just like everyone else. Imagine my surprise. //

You’re good people b, just keep being the way you are. Trust me when I say I know only too well how you feel when you encounter this kind of crap.

This Captain Atheist character is using atheism as a cover for his bigotry.

7 CuriousLurker  Sat, Apr 27, 2013 8:29:12pm

re: #5 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

Yah, I’m pretty ignorant.

Heh, I think somebody didn’t bother reading your whole blog post.

8 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Sat, Apr 27, 2013 8:31:26pm

re: #7 CuriousLurker

Heh, I think somebody didn’t bother reading your whole blog post.

Meh, par for the course.

9 hellosnackbar  Sun, Apr 28, 2013 1:22:06am

Sometimes a paranoia accusation is somewhat insipid!

10 Jimmah  Sun, Apr 28, 2013 4:37:32am

re: #6 Walking Spanish Down the Hall

This Captain Atheist character is using atheism as a cover for his bigotry.

Is there a link to the site the petition is on?
Are those people with the dumb tweets responsible for the petition in any way?

11 Jimmah  Sun, Apr 28, 2013 4:40:48am

re: #1 stabby

It’s just ignorant to assume that people who are talking about a legal issue in another country are just like American wingnuts who fixate on pure fantasy.

US wingnuts would of course be simultaneously claiming that the government is infested with pro-sharia agents, that the Prime Minister was also a Muslim, and that your toys are whispering pro-sharia messages to your children.

12 Walking Spanish Down the Hall  Sun, Apr 28, 2013 7:47:00am

re: #10 Jimmah

Is there a link to the site the petition is on?
Are those people with the dumb tweets responsible for the petition in any way?

Follow the link to my blog. The link to the petition site is in the first line. There are more tweets there as well as comments describing the evolution of my views.

13 Etaoin Shrdlu  Sun, Apr 28, 2013 8:12:01am

The BCC documentary aired last Thursday is here.


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