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Old 11-16-2007, 07:55 PM
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Default Re: Sharia or Democracy?

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Originally Posted by WarriorAndWiseman View Post
What your saying is that sharia is a vague set of rules to be played around with. In that case democracy would be a much better option donchaknow.
I think what he meant was more related to the fact that the Sharia is applicable to all types of people

Example: The punishment for theft is cutting off the hand. This punishment can be applied to ANY civilization/group of people, in ANY era of time. Primitive and remote villages can implement this punishment, as can modern day metropolitan areas. Now lets say the Sharia said that that a thief must serve a certain amount of time in prison, and do X hours of community service etc.. Such a punishment could not be implemented by every type of community. So hence the Sharia is simple so that it can be applied to all people of all times
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