07-22-2007, 08:32 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Sharia Laws churn out tyrants</b>
After the meeting of the <b>All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB),
its spokesperson Kamal Farooqi sought to review and roll back some
Supreme Court judgments regarding progressively enhanced safeguards
for women in cases of divorce, marriage and maintenance on the ground
that these are conflicting to the Islamic law. He also told that the
Board will go to Muslims and encourage them to approach Sharia courts
or Darul Raza for matters relating to inheritance, marriage and
divorce, rather than going for litigation directly.</b>
In this write-up, I will confine myself to the Sharia aspect only,
though Islamic jehad, too, is directly related with it. Sharia today
is one of the most troublesome aspects of Islam, wherever the Muslims
are in majority or minority.
In Canada, the Government succumbed to the pressure of demands in a
province for legal cover to Muslims in settling their disputes under
the Sharia Law. But one founding member of the Voice of Canada for
progressive Muslims, Tarik Fatah, and his group opposed it. He told a
Pakistani newspaper in a telephonic interview that behind the guise of
religious tolerance and accommodation, Muslims are facing
discriminatory ghettoisation and marginalisation. He described it as a
Christmas gift for Muslims of Iran and Saudi Arabia who would be
rejoicing this decision and using it to validate their oppressive
Government.
Muslims in Western Europe are always insisting on their dress code and
many other aspects of the Sharia, including rejection of dresses for
school-going children. The Sharia has been their rallying point.
Recent organised violence by Muslims in Britain has been found having
Pakistani connection.
The recent events of Glasgow have brought forth an Indian connection
too. It has broken the myth that the educated Muslim is not
susceptible to the Sharia. The Lal Masjid episode was born out of a
Sharia mindset. They captured and detained police personnel, attacked
music shops, raided beauty parlours alleging that brothels are being
runt there and captured seven Chinese women. They are against
male/female mixed sport events, declaring it unislamic. Lal Masjid had
6,000 students breeding Sharia mindsets along with thousands of
madarsas in various parts of the country.
The Sharia mindset was bestowed on Muslims through the Quran 14
centuries ago. The society has undergone a series of changes since
then. In fact, the world has seen dozens of revolutions. It has
evolved a lot.
During this period, the concepts of democracy, secularism, freedom and
liberty have played a meaningful role in changing society. But the
Sharia mindset largely remained static with minimal change. Hard-line
Islamists in their own extreme interpretation are sticking to it.
Look at Bangladesh. It had the opportunity to change to modernity when
it got independence. The horrendous genocide inflicted by Pakistan,
killing three million people, was a sufficient enough jolt to be
utilised by Bangladesh for establishing secular democracy. But it
relapsed to fundamentalism just within half-a-decade. Both former
Prime Ministers Begum Zia and Sheikh Hasina are at the mercy of
fundamentalists' support.
Scheduled elections did not take place and military supported
President came to power. Today, Bangladesh is the second strongest
base of Sharia dictated jehadis.
The biggest Islamic country, Indonesia had a fair image for its
democracy. It is now backsliding into middle ages practices of public
lashing, limiting women's right for free movement and chopping off
hands. Such punishing methods do not make society better but worse.
Sharia mentality has started growing in Malaysia also. While Saudi
Arabia and Iran are totally Islamic States, interpretations apart, the
Quran is virtually their constitution.
Though Saudi Arabia comes down heavily on extremism but it is for the
safety of Sheikhdom and not for any other purpose. Egypt, Turkey and
Jordan are comparatively liberal but, they too are opposed by
fundamentalists of their own countries. In Kurdistan thousands of
women were killed under the guise of honour killing. In Pakistan, in
the eyes of law, two women witnesses are considered equal to one male
witness. The Nigerian constitution says that they are Nigerians first
and Muslims or Christians thereafter.
But many fanatic northern Nigerians insist that they are Muslims first
and Nigerians thereafter. They have called upon either to accept
Sharia or leave it. Male students are required to sit in the front and
female students at the back.
Insistence on Sharia, a worldwide phenomenon, makes Muslim community
troublesome and where they are in majority, they are tyrants.
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After the meeting of the <b>All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB),
its spokesperson Kamal Farooqi sought to review and roll back some
Supreme Court judgments regarding progressively enhanced safeguards
for women in cases of divorce, marriage and maintenance on the ground
that these are conflicting to the Islamic law. He also told that the
Board will go to Muslims and encourage them to approach Sharia courts
or Darul Raza for matters relating to inheritance, marriage and
divorce, rather than going for litigation directly.</b>
In this write-up, I will confine myself to the Sharia aspect only,
though Islamic jehad, too, is directly related with it. Sharia today
is one of the most troublesome aspects of Islam, wherever the Muslims
are in majority or minority.
In Canada, the Government succumbed to the pressure of demands in a
province for legal cover to Muslims in settling their disputes under
the Sharia Law. But one founding member of the Voice of Canada for
progressive Muslims, Tarik Fatah, and his group opposed it. He told a
Pakistani newspaper in a telephonic interview that behind the guise of
religious tolerance and accommodation, Muslims are facing
discriminatory ghettoisation and marginalisation. He described it as a
Christmas gift for Muslims of Iran and Saudi Arabia who would be
rejoicing this decision and using it to validate their oppressive
Government.
Muslims in Western Europe are always insisting on their dress code and
many other aspects of the Sharia, including rejection of dresses for
school-going children. The Sharia has been their rallying point.
Recent organised violence by Muslims in Britain has been found having
Pakistani connection.
The recent events of Glasgow have brought forth an Indian connection
too. It has broken the myth that the educated Muslim is not
susceptible to the Sharia. The Lal Masjid episode was born out of a
Sharia mindset. They captured and detained police personnel, attacked
music shops, raided beauty parlours alleging that brothels are being
runt there and captured seven Chinese women. They are against
male/female mixed sport events, declaring it unislamic. Lal Masjid had
6,000 students breeding Sharia mindsets along with thousands of
madarsas in various parts of the country.
The Sharia mindset was bestowed on Muslims through the Quran 14
centuries ago. The society has undergone a series of changes since
then. In fact, the world has seen dozens of revolutions. It has
evolved a lot.
During this period, the concepts of democracy, secularism, freedom and
liberty have played a meaningful role in changing society. But the
Sharia mindset largely remained static with minimal change. Hard-line
Islamists in their own extreme interpretation are sticking to it.
Look at Bangladesh. It had the opportunity to change to modernity when
it got independence. The horrendous genocide inflicted by Pakistan,
killing three million people, was a sufficient enough jolt to be
utilised by Bangladesh for establishing secular democracy. But it
relapsed to fundamentalism just within half-a-decade. Both former
Prime Ministers Begum Zia and Sheikh Hasina are at the mercy of
fundamentalists' support.
Scheduled elections did not take place and military supported
President came to power. Today, Bangladesh is the second strongest
base of Sharia dictated jehadis.
The biggest Islamic country, Indonesia had a fair image for its
democracy. It is now backsliding into middle ages practices of public
lashing, limiting women's right for free movement and chopping off
hands. Such punishing methods do not make society better but worse.
Sharia mentality has started growing in Malaysia also. While Saudi
Arabia and Iran are totally Islamic States, interpretations apart, the
Quran is virtually their constitution.
Though Saudi Arabia comes down heavily on extremism but it is for the
safety of Sheikhdom and not for any other purpose. Egypt, Turkey and
Jordan are comparatively liberal but, they too are opposed by
fundamentalists of their own countries. In Kurdistan thousands of
women were killed under the guise of honour killing. In Pakistan, in
the eyes of law, two women witnesses are considered equal to one male
witness. The Nigerian constitution says that they are Nigerians first
and Muslims or Christians thereafter.
But many fanatic northern Nigerians insist that they are Muslims first
and Nigerians thereafter. They have called upon either to accept
Sharia or leave it. Male students are required to sit in the front and
female students at the back.
Insistence on Sharia, a worldwide phenomenon, makes Muslim community
troublesome and where they are in majority, they are tyrants.
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