re: #161 Obdicut

There is no one monolithic version of Sharia, though.

I agree, which is why I was clear to cite all four active branches of Sunni Sharia and the Shia version.

The Islamist are fairly united in favouring the most extreme interpretation which is quite worrying.

Here is my summary:

re: #890 Nimed

As long as they are compatible with Britain’s legal system, I absolutely equate them.

You should read up on Sharia law, it is by no means even remotely comparable to Jewish people in Britain advocate.

The Jewish version has the ability to grant a divorce, or serve as a mediator in a minor dispute.

The Sharia version has rules that enforce moral codes and personal behaviour. For example:

All homosexuals should be stoned to death, says Muslim preacher of hate

He is in London where there are numerous similar examples. You will be hard pressed to find a Rabbi give a press conference or sermon like this.

And in fact, this reflects modern Sharia law as all four schools of Sunni Islam not only outlaw homosexual acts, something they all agree with, they all advocate punishments:

* The Hanafi school does not consider same-sex intercourse to constitute adultery, and therefore leaves punishment up to the judge’s discretion. Most early scholars of this school specifically ruled out the death penalty, others allow it for a second offence.

* Imam Shafi’i considers same-sex intercourse as analogous to other zina; thus, a married person found to have done so is punished as an adulterer (by stoning to death), and an unmarried one, as a fornicator, is left to be flogged.

* The Maliki school says that anyone (married or unmarried) found to have committed same-sex intercourse should be punished as an adulterer.

* Within the Ja’fari schools, Sayyid al-Khoi says that anyone (married or unmarried) found to have committed same-sex intercourse should be punished as an adulterer.

Sharia law in the year 2010 really is a vile thing that should be legislated against. Modern Jewish law is really quite benign and has no agenda to impose its will on non-orthodox Jews.