“There's really no such thing as just Sharia, it's not one monolithic Continuum - Sharia is understood in thousands of different ways over the 1,500 years in which multiple and competing schools of law have tried to construct some kind of civic penal and family law code that would abide by Islamic values and principles, it's understood in many different ways.” WayYearsKindDifferentSchoolLawValuesPrinciplesUnderstoodCodeDifferent WaysIslamicMultipleCompetingConstructsCivicsContinuumShariaFamily Law Author:Mark Durie
“There are three foundational issues or three divisions that I should say that Sharia fits into, one is penal law of course and that is what gets all the attention, there's two countries in the world right now that actually have a Federal mandate to enact penal law according to the Sharia, that's Saudi Arabia, and Iran.” WorldShouldTwoCountryLawThreeCoursesAttentionIssuesFitRight NowIranDivisionArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisMandatesTwo CountriesSharia Author:Mark Durie
“When you say Sharia, even to a Muslim, it's understood in vastly different ways, in many ways it's part of an identity and most Muslims when they talk about wanting Sharia to play a role in their lives really mean it in so far as it talks about family law, you know, issues like, as I said marriage, divorce.” KnowsWayMeanSaidDifferentPlayLawRolesIssuesIdentityUnderstoodDivorceDifferent WaysReally MeanAbout FamilyShariaMarriage DivorceFamily Law Author:Mark Durie
“There's no such thing as values in Sharia law, that is what I was trying to explain, it's understood in thousands of different ways by tens of thousands of different institutions, who really disagree with each other far more than they disagree with people of other religions.” PeopleWayTryingDifferentLawValuesUnderstoodInstitutionsDifferent WaysDisagreeShariaSharia Law Author:Mark Durie
“The values that you bring to Sharia are whatever values you yourself have, if you are a bigot, misogynist and a violent person, your interpretation of Sharia will be bigoted, violent and misogynistic, if you are a democrat and a pluralist and someone who is peace loving, that's how you'll see the Sharia.” IfsPersonsValuesDemocratViolentInterpretationBigotsSharia Author:Mark Durie
“Sharia law is a Malignant law, it's totally based on the interpretation of the Koran and the Hajid, and the way Islam and the profit lived.” WayLawIslamProfitInterpretationShariaSharia Law Author:Mark Durie
“Sharia is the most oppressive system on earth. It encourages people to lie, if it's for the benefits of Islam. It doesn't allow Muslims to leave Islam, and there's a death penalty in all the schools of Sharia against those that leave Islam. Sharia defines what jihad is.” PeopleIfsSchoolEarthLyingBenefitsIslamPenaltiesDeath PenaltyJihadSharia Author:Mark Durie
“If as we accept God is the perfect epitome of justice, mercy, goodness, and compassion, then our efforts to define the divine will through Sharia should be predicated on achieving a result that is merciful compassionate.” IfsShouldJusticePerfectResultsEffortCompassionAcceptingAchieveDivineGoodnessMercyCompassionateMercifulEpitomeShariaDivine Will Author:Mark Durie
“Belief in one god, praying, charity, the five pillars, ethical moral objectives and messages in the Koran, the history of Islam. There are basic tenants in Islam that we universally believe in but I think it's very naive to think that Sharia, that legal rulings are derived in a vacuum, that people do not bring their own histories and politics and social pledges to bear when they interpret the Koran.” PeopleThinkingBelieveBeliefSocialMoralFiveBearsPrayingMessagesCharityIslamObjectivesEthicalNaiveRulingPledgeVacuumsPillarsPraying To GodTenantsSharia Author:Mark Durie
