Should Islamic people be subject to Islamic laws, where ever they are in the world?
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That's an interesting question. Anyone, irrespective of religion should be subject to the law of the land not of the religion.\nThe implication of your question is that Islam controls the laws of Muslims.Is that the case?\nIn Indonesia,the worlds largest Muslim land,for example,trafficking drugs carries the death penalty for any one irrespective of race creed or faith.  \nShould a Muslim drug trafficker in Australia,where the penalty for drug trafficking is much more lenient be dealt the death penalty? I don't think so.\nPersonally I think law and religion are or should be totally incongruous . If it was the case that they should be dealt with according to Islam who would carry out the sentence in say the UK or USA or Australia?
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None.\n\nHence why there is no such thing as the so-called "Muslim World." Muslims are every where.\n\nNote: for the record, there ARE Muslims in Australia. About 300,000 of them:\nhttp://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/islam_in_australia.html\n\nAlso from Wikipedia:\n"Only 18% of Muslims live in the Arab world; 20% are found in Sub-Saharan Africa, about 30% in the South Asian region of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, and the world's largest single Muslim community (within the bounds of one nation) is in Indonesia. There are also significant Muslim populations in China, Europe, Central Asia, and Russia.\n\nFrance has the highest Muslim population of any nation in Western Europe, with up to 6 million Muslims (10% of the population [7]). Albania is said to have the highest proportion of Muslims as part of its population in Europe (70%), although this figure is only an estimate (see Islam in Albania). The number of Muslims in North America is variously estimated as anywhere from 1.8 to 7 million."
893051
You live in the West, you abide by Western laws. It's really that simple. If you want to walk around in a Darth Vader outfit, move to a Muslim country.
498454
There is no way for democracy to exist in a religiously centered regime.  The religious regime will require that certain rules have to be followed no matter how much the people may oppose those rules.  Since the people can't reverse the religious rules, there isn't a democracy.  I would doubt that democracy can really thrive in arab nations as long as they are Islamic regimes.
908246
It depends on who is interpreting the Shar' ia law. The law is based on the Quran and the numerous hadith. Islam is a very open and humanitarian religion. While it is true that the Islamic Caliphates levied taxes against Jews and Christians, they also allowed them to worship without interference.
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It sure is.  Europe's states all are facing problems with the muslems so Turkey does need help to resolve things.  Muslems are causing problems all over the world.  I know most muslems are fine people Most people are every place.  It is time for the good muslems to get together and clean up their own problems.
140046
Islam under Sharia law is the best known one.
573768
don't know if it's true, but islam is at home in uk, like in my country France. they are everywhere home this people soI wouldn't be surprised !
1170779
No. A land is governed by Islam only if it follows Islamic law. So even many "Muslim countries" today are not governed by Islam.
863769
It's their nation.  People who don't like it should go to France.  France is going to have Sharia Law in 30 years.  They'll stone women to death who aren't wearing a burka.\n\nBy the way, there's nothing in the Koran about wearing a burka.  \n\nGood luck, I hope this is of help.
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If your Muslim, the answer, is universally YES. Now, look at how exposed I am here, someone need only say "I am Muslim and I believe human law comes first"...this would kill my argument because I make a categorical claim...I am saying all Muslims would always chose their law first in any conflict scenario. Every one.
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Yes, they have every right to condemn such a law. What a person wants to wear is up to a person's personal choices, as long as it levels to decency. That country is violating rights to religious freedom. No one has any right to interfere into other people's faith's.
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Islam is one of the major religions of the world. Possibly the world's fastest-growing religion.\n\nTheir holy text is the Quran, it is GREATLY revered. \n\nThey also greatly revere the Prophet Mohammed. They worship Allah. They believe Allah is the ONE, the True God.\n\nI am not an adherent of Islam, but I believe it ought to be respected, as ought any religion.
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I've been living in Egypt, which is an Islamic country, for 19 years now. Muslims are very friendly just like any other people on earth. I never heard that Qur'an instigates them to occupy oether peoples' lands. If you look around you will find that it is the other way around: Muslims are occupied in all cases by nonmuslims and are trying to get their lands freed
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It would be really helpful in answering to know where the woman is, as the world is a big and varied place.\n\nThe International convention on human rights enshrines freedom of religion - which means that all countries should allow people freedom to worship or not worship as they please, including changing their religion. Enforcing it is left up to individual governments though.\n\nPersecution for changing your religion is grounds for claiming asylum in Europe or North America, among othrs - the problem is getting the immigration authorities to believe that someone would really be at risk, that the authorities of the home country wouldn't protect the convert, and that they hadn't just made up the story in order to get asylum. In UK at least, the authorities seem programmed to disbelieve any claim not backed by strong evidence.\n\nEven in the West, a woman can be at risk from her family and community for changing religion or otherwise "disrespecting" and "dishonouring" her family. This does not only apply to Muslims. \n\nPeople in this situation need sensitive help, rather than people using them to score points against a religion. \n\nIn Islam, people can be killed for turning away from Islam. In practice, even in Iran, what people do privately is up to them, but converting publicly and evangelising would get you into serious problems; and if a woman's family chose to take their own measures, even if that was against the law, it's unlikely that the authorities would help he at all.\n\nMuslims are often criticised unjustly, but this aspect of it is hard to defend; in fact many Muslims do not agree with killing "apostates", even though the rulings on it seem unambiguous.\n\nBest wishes to the woman concerned, she needs to be careful and given understanding and all support.
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I think above of all, global brotherhood among the muslims and the non muslims is the most important aspect in the present world. because everybody in this world beyond religious or political differences want to and has a right to live in peace.
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Every one in this world has the right to live... discrimination according to color, religin, gender ..etc led to the most conflicts in this world...\nAnd about Islam... you have to read the fair books written about this religin so as to get the right information before judging muslims as beings have to disappeared!!!!