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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
There's a third reason: The Koran lacks the Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's clause that has enabled Christians to accommodate their religion with secular authority and laws. For conservative Muslims, there's no question that when Sharia and a secular law comes into conflict, Sharia take precedence. And not just in matters of private conscience - in public policy, for all citizens, Muslim and non-Muslim.
And this isn't withering away in the modern world. Support for Sharia law is growing in Muslim-majority countries. In 2001, in an effort to soothe separatist sentiment, the federal government of Indonesia allowed the Aceh province of Indonesia to adopt Sharia law. Now not only Muslims in the province, but non-Muslims as well, are publicly flogged for dating before marriage, drinking alcohol, or engaging in homosexual behaviour. There's growing appetite among Muslims in the rest of Indonesia to adopt Sharia. Indonesia, once held up as the model of moderate Islam, is becoming less and less secular. The trends are going the wrong way.
As Shariah Experiment Becomes a Model, Indonesia’s Secular Face Slips - New York Times |
Geez, that doesn't sound like a simple arbitration process amongst consenting parties.
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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