re: #162 Obdicut

As a non Mulsim, I am not an expert on Sharia Law, but, look, it is a matter of record that countries where Sharia law IS the law of the land like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, etc they stone adulterers, give homosexual men the death penalty, and women’s rights are extremely limited.

Sure, there are Muslim reformers (such as Irshad Manji who I admire) and liberal Muslim scholars, but there are (yet) no large reform “movements” of Islam yet like Conservative, Reconstructionist or Reform Judiasm which have institutionalized an egalitarian point of view for women and in some cases gays.

Personally, I advocate the separation of religion and state and I get concerned about anyone who advocates against this or says that it would be preferable to have religious law replace civil law. It doesn’t matter what religion they happen to be.