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Originally Posted by Aryan_
For everyone who claims that it's the secularisms who are against freedom and islamists in favour of it, answer this.
Would islamic law allow the freedom to appear in public without a hijab (let alone universities or government buildings)?
Would islamic law allow people to drink alcohol (responsibly or irresponsibly)?
Would islamic law allow people to have sex outside marriage (responsibly or irresponsibly)?
Would islamic law allow men and women to mix freely?
Would islamic law criminalise homosexuality?
Would islamic law allow the freedom to not believe in parts of islam or be an atheist?
And so on. You can claim what you like about islamic law, but there's no way you can pretend that islamists are in "favour" of freedom and secularists against it. Sharia law is against freedom....that's the whole purpose of it.
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it depends on whose interpretations. believe it or not you have shariah law in Pakistan. You also have it in plenty of Muslim countries. What you are qouting is simply the wahabi zealots of saudi and other countries. the AK party doesnt represent those views. They are no different than any other conservative party in any western country operates, including the UK which relies heavily on the votes from the religious right. My only problem with secularism is that many seem to believe that secularism equates athiesm. The U.S. is supposidly a secular country, yet the name of God is found on everything, including the dollar bill.
There was a great article about this on the bbc website called "the many faces of shariah" which showed how its implemented mildly in pakistan to strictly in saudi. i cant find it anymore but i would post it if i could. its from several years ago actually.