Why won’t Westerners condemn Sharia law?

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by kiki5 • 7 years ago

5 8 7 years ago

This is a serious question which i don't understand.

I know muslims, jews, buddhists, orthodox, christian, lutherian and atheist people, some are my friends, some i know from work. All of them (being in a educated sphere of influence) condemn exclusive traits, like sharia.

So why do we (try to) tolerate people trying to adhere to sharia law?

verdverm• 7 years ago

Oil maybe? Military ties to one such country?

Maybe we are just getting started asking why as people?

Millennium• 7 years ago

Because the condemnation of Sharia law was co-opted, and subsequently ruined for everybody, by the genocidal maniacs.

chupa-chups3• 7 years ago

Sadly this appears to be true. But still i don't understand why we accept (in this extreme case) death penalty for homosexuals. Or women not having the right to decide for themselves. The list goes on.

AnimalMuppet• 7 years ago

Define "accept". Not criticize as loudly as we should? OK, that's fair. Beyond criticizing, though, what are we supposed to do? Invade and institute regime change? No, that's probably not the answer. Impose sanctions? If we don't impose sanctions, are we accepting sharia? I'm not sure it's that cut and dried.

Note that I don't have a suggestion. I see problems with most of the possible answers, though.

krapp2• 7 years ago

But still i don't understand why we accept (in this extreme case) death penalty for homosexuals. Or women not having the right to decide for themselves. The list goes on.

Many Westerners consider homosexuality to be morally wrong and a sin against God, and aren't going to be that upset about gays being killed anywhere. Many Westerners also consider feminism to be a socially corrupting force, abortion to be murder, and a woman's place to be subservient to their husband, as per the Bible.

The elephant in the room here is that the West opposes Sharia law because it's Islamic, and because its extremism violates the laws of the land, but many tend to agree with it on general principle, and won't put up much protest to defend groups they already vilify.

Why won’t Westerners condemn Sharia law?

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