re: #913 Bagua

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.

Saudi Arabia
Homosexuality, Sodomy
National

In May 2010, the Saudi government took its drive against homosexuality a step further when it banned the recruitment of gay and lesbian workers, including those from other countries [R1.1].

As at May 2009, there was no codified Penal Law in Saudi-Arabia. Instead, the country applies the strict Islamic Sharia law. According to the interpretation sodomy is criminalized.

For a married man the penalty is death by stoning, while the penalty for an unmarried man is 100 blows of the whip as well as banishment for a year.

For a non-Muslim, who commits sodomy with a Muslim, the penalty is death by stoning.

For conviction of sodomy, it must be proved either by confession of the culprit four times, or “testimony of four trustworthy Muslim men”.

Moreover are all sexual relations outside of marriage illegal in Saudi-Arabia according to the Sharia law, including sexual relations between women [R1.2].