Diamondpete,

The elements of Sharia law are written in the Koran by Mohammed, not "interpreted" later.

The vast majority of Muslims do not eschew Sharia law, as most Muslim nations have most of the elements of it in their legal system. Even Turkey the most secular state is fighting off attempts to bring it in.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/groomed-to-hate-security-expert-fears-parents-are-radicalising-their-children/story-e6frg6nf-1226476147233

we both been arround a long long time

think

govt is sitting..others want to shut down web
censore stuff..but govt needs to be activated..to bring in draconiam cencure of not only the web but free speech GLOBALLY*

thus they need the media..to beat up the drums of war
HATE fear..lies setups black flags red flags

ANYTHING..to get the new powers

mate their selling a dukk..setti ng up the play
sending in dial a terroist..WHY?..someone is wanting new powers*

spying is about knowing your secrets
censure is about getting the right law's..so get out there and beat up fear..YOUR BETTERS WANT MORE POWERS*

Is Sharia law promoted by both Sunni & Shia sects ?
I know that their dispute is over the successor to Mahommad.
Does it however go further ?

The Saudi Arabian Sunni seem more strict than any others.
I guess my question is, from our point of view is one more preferable than the other ?

JamesH <"can dress this up any way you like, but it purely comes down to religion is being used as an excuse for violence."

Tell me James, did you feel the same way about all the Catholics and Protestants bombing the hell out of each other in Ireland not so long ago?

Did we denounce all people belonging to those religions at the time?
Did we refuse admission to Australia to all Irish or English people practicing those religions?

I doubt anyone can say that there hasn't been violence committed in the name of many Gods, and indeed without a God!

I see today that many religious leaders in Sydney have denounced the actions of a few amongst their flocks.
Good on them.

I believe the world would be a better place with no organized religions at all.

Suzieonline, christianity has committed numerous crimes in the name of religion.

Again in Northern Island, religion was used as an excuse for criminal activity, by both sides and the same psycopathy/sociopathy existed.

JamesH,

The Protestants in Northern Ireland come from Scotland and England many years ago, and the differences with the Catholics are way more than religious.