The author incredibly understands the value of Sharia-law to those it matters to and those that are obscured from its light and guide as is Peter Costello and the likes. He does exemplify an excellence in knowledge of other laws that have been enforced into the current western judicial system.

To begin with, I wonder what rattles others about other people's beliefs and faiths before they have understood and gauged it as an eccentric value yet ponder over action plans that may never be justifiable.

We may plummet historical evidence of its contribution, Sharia Law, but factual history tells us that as early (500 years A.H*) Judeo-Christian judicial system, the current western laws, based their laws on Sharia-law. A classical example is the signing of contracts and paper work for contracts, clearly outlined in the current Australian Laws which was not only an ordinance by Islam to Muslims^ but a clear success in every sphere of justice as in the areas of inheritance, marriage, divorce, wars, prisoners, gambling, charity, and many more. This may seem, to the layman of the western society un-inconvincible debate but the facts that today’s judicial system is nothing different from that of Sharia-law.

For those who out-rightly dismiss such valuable laws may well do so after an unbiased soul search and with exemplified evidence to that effect.

* A.H means After Hijra-; The Epoch of the Hijri calendar is 1 Moharram 1 which is equivalent to
July 16, 622 AC
^ Koran Chapter 2 Verses 178-182 and other

Regards
Mahamood Galty

Sharia differs radically among Islamic countries. Some countries, such as Saudi Arabia, claim to live under pure Sharia law. Most Muslim countries are legally secular and do not practice Sharia. For example, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Indonesia and Turkey.
Sharia is interpreted differently by many Muslims – just as interpretations of all religious texts vary.

Fears that Sharia law may be introduced into Australia are just more of the beat-up engaged in by anti-Islamists – perhaps better referred to as the ISalarmists. If Australia is so gutless that allows its constitution to be altered by a minority of 2% of the population then perhaps it deserves what it gets. (BTW what percentage of Australia’s population are the wealthiest businessmen?).

If anything is to be learned from the ‘sharia problem’ it is that separation of church and state needs to be set in concrete.

Previously I have posted that there is not a single religion that treats women and men as equals. Islam, in particular, places very clear distinctions between the roles of women and men. It is way behind Christianity and Judaism in this regard.

But that doesn’t mean for a nanosecond that women should accept a Christian led government as the lesser of two evils.

To be contd..

As a woman who has spoken out against Christian fundamentalists, I recommend that OLO readers check the posts made by people such as Coach, Numbat, GZ tan, Martin Ibn Warrior, Boaz David to name but a few. Their attitudes to women who speak out are every bit as misogynistic as their Muslim brothers. They have threatened me to an after-life in hell simply because I do not believe as they do.

Islam is just more heavy handed.

Below is an extract from an interview by Kerry O’Brien with Taslima Nasrin, a lapsed Islam woman who now is a self declared atheist. Her experience runs parallel to that of Salman Rushdie’s as she has had a fatwa declared against her for stating that the Koran is no longer relevant today.

http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/taslima.htm

“Taslima's style was sure to provoke. Three times married and divorced, no children, financially independent and living alone, she was the antithesis of Bangladeshi womanhood.

“’Fundamentalists want to use me for political gain. What I have written is the truth. I don't believe in God. I'm an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women's rights. I have a right to write the truth. Fundamentalists should not have rights to kill me for that reason.’ – Taslima Nasrin”

And AT:
http://www.newint.org/issue289/woman.htm , Taslima talks about being a disobedient woman.

Being divorced and having no children myself, I concur with Taslima that that state is regarded as the antithesis of womanhood by many religions – not just Muslims.

In summary, I don’t care how much Sharia fits in or doesn’t fit in with Australia’s law. While we remain a secular nation, Sharia is entirely moot. It has no more place than forcing non-Catholics to eat fish on Fridays or non-Jews to refrain from eating pork.

What we do in the privacy of our own beliefs is our business, as long as we do not impose our beliefs on others.

Let the debate about Sharia be a warning to us all – separation of church and state!

Not another muslim/islam related article by OLO.

If it is not enough putting up with people like Irfan Yusuf accusing everyone of being arm chair Nazis because they may express a dfferent view to his own, but to have yet another auther banging on about bloody Sharia is wearing a bit thin.

It is not as though he has got anything really signficant or different to say. Not well researched and poorly put together,just to get another quick Islamic barb under our saddles, aided and abetted by OLO.

But this on the other hand, is perhaps showing us all what the end game plan is.

http://www.meforum.org/article/920

Yet another article about how we should investigate the ins and outs of Sharia.
We have our own laws that have evolved and changed as we have evolved and changed. We do not need laws that were set down 15 centuries ago.Nor does anyone else for that matter.
If anyone wants to live under Sharia or any other law, they should go wherever those laws are the rule.
And that is not here.

Nice piece I see the god bothers have jumped on it. Aussie law changes over time and if the population wish it then it may well take up some of Sharia ideas. It already has many because people all over the world are pretty much the same. However I would say that the one must view sharia law just as we do biblical law through secular eyes. Any law governing a people like Aussies needs to have a broad base moral foundation not narrowed by religious bigotry.