“There are some disturbing messages in the Koran, there were declarations of war against non-believers, there's a declaration that Islam should be triumphant over other religions, the problem is this is not just in the book, but preached throughout the Islamic world that are preached, we in the West hear about that.” WorldShouldBookWarProblemMessagesWestIslamBelieverIslamicDeclarationDisturbingTriumphantNon BelieverDeclaration Of War 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
“In the United States we have all across this country, we have dozens of Halakha courts, in which particularly observant Jews can take these issues of family law to an orthodox Court and have that judge, judge for them. As long as the courts don't violate the laws of the land and as long as there's a room for appeal should one or two parties disagree with the verdict, I don't see how this would have anything to do with being incompatible with what we refer to as Western ideas of democracy.” ShouldLongTwoIdeasCountryStatesLawUnitedRoomsPartyUnited StatesDemocracyIssuesLandJudgingCourtWesternJewAppealsOrthodoxDisagreeDozenVerdictObservantFamily Law 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
