Holy shit I think Nikki is right but not 100%. Just like Christianity, there are Muslim people who are extremists.... even the bible recommends stoning.
Not that websites are a true indicator...
http://akdart.com/islam5.html
from Wikipedia:
In its strictest definition, sharia is considered in Islam as the infallible law of God. - Nikki is rigth
The areas of Islamic law include:
Hygiene and purification laws, including the manner of cleansing.(Bad)
Economic laws, including Zakāt, the annual almsgiving (good)
Waqf, the religious endowment (bad?)
prohibition on interest (bad)
Dietary laws including Dhabihah, or ritual slaughter. (Bad)
Theological obligations, including the Hajj or pilgrimage, with its rituals such as Tawaf, Sa'yee and the Stoning of the Devil; salat, formal worship; Salat al-Janazah, the funeral prayer; and celebrating Eid al-Adha. (not sure)
Marital jurisprudence, including Nikah, the marriage contract; and divorce, known as Khula if initiated by a woman. (
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Criminal jurisprudence, including fixed punishments; discretionary punishment; retaliation (Bad); or blood money (Bad); and apostasy.
Military jurisprudence, including truce; and rules regarding prisoners of war.
Dress code, including hijab.(Bad)
Other topics include customs and behavior, slavery (Bad) and the status of non-Muslims. (Bad)
Apparently Woman are not equal to men:
A confession, an oath, or the oral testimony of Muslim witnesses are the main evidence admissible, in sharia courts, for hudud crimes, that is the religious crimes of adultery, fornication, rape, accusing someone of illicit sex but failing to prove it, apostasy, drinking intoxicants and theft.[158][not specific enough to verify][159][160] Testimony must be from at least two free Muslim male witnesses, or one Muslim male and two Muslim females, who are not related parties and who are of sound mind and reliable character. Testimony to establish the crime of adultery, fornication or rape must be from four Muslim male witnesses, with some fiqhs allowing substitution of up to three male with six female witnesses; however, at least one must be a Muslim male.[161] Forensic evidence (i.e., fingerprints, ballistics, blood samples, DNA etc.) and other circumstantial evidence is likewise rejected in hudud cases in favor of eyewitnesses, a practice which can cause severe difficulties for women plaintiffs in rape cases.[162][need quotation to verify][163]
Confessions obtained under torture could not be used as a ground for awarding punishment unless they were corroborated by circumstantial evidence.[164]
Sharia courts treat women and men as unequal,with Muslim woman's life and blood-money compensation sentence as half as that of a Muslim man's life.[172][173] Sharia also treats Muslims and non-Muslims as unequal in the sentencing process.[174] Human Rights Watch and United States' Religious Freedom Report states that in sharia courts of Saudi Arabia, "The calculation of accidental death or injury compensation is discriminatory. In the event a court renders a judgment in favor of a plaintiff who is a Jewish or Christian male, the plaintiff is only entitled to receive 50 percent of the compensation a Muslim male would receive; all other non-Muslims [Buddhists, Hindus, Jains, Atheists] are only entitled to receive one-sixteenth of the amount a male Muslim would receive".[175][176][177]
Extremism is a problem
Fundamentalists, wishing to return to basic Islamic religious values and law, have in some instances imposed harsh sharia punishments for crimes, curtailed civil rights and violated human rights. Extremists have used the Quran and their own particular version of sharia to justify acts of war and terror against Muslim as well as non-Muslim individuals and governments, using alternate, conflicting interpretations of sharia and their notions of jihad.[184][185]
The sharia basis of arguments of those advocating terrorism, however, remain controversial. Some scholars state that Islamic law prohibits the killing of civilian non-combatants; in contrast, others interpret Islamic law differently, concluding that all means are legitimate to reach their aims, including targeting Muslim non-combatants and the mass killing of non-Muslim civilians, in order to universalize Islam.[184] Islam, in these interpretations, "does not make target differences between militaries and civilians but between Muslims and unbelievers. Therefore it is legitimated (sic) to spill civilians’ blood".[184]
But it depends if they are an extremist or Not! SAME as Christian Right Wing Whack Jobs!
Other scholars of Islam, interpret sharia differently, stating, according to Engeland-Nourai, "attacking innocent people is not courageous; it is stupid and will be punished on the Day of Judgment [...]. It’s not courageous to attack innocent children, women and civilians. It is courageous to protect freedom; it is courageous to defend one and not to attack".[184][186]
Muslim nations have petitioned the United Nations to limit "freedom of speech" because "unrestricted opinion against Islam creates hatred".[224] Other nations, in contrast, consider blasphemy laws as violation of "freedom of speech",[225] stating that freedom of expression is essential to empowering both Muslims and non-Muslims, and point to the abuse of blasphemy laws, where hundreds, often members of religious minorities, are being lynched, killed and incarcerated in Muslim nations, on flimsy accusations of insulting Islam.[226][227]
attention Silver:
Homosexual intercourse is illegal under sharia law, though the prescribed penalties differ from one school of jurisprudence to another. For example, some Muslim-majority countries impose the death penalty for acts perceived as sodomy and homosexual activities: Iran,[248] Saudi Arabia,[249] and in other Muslim-majority countries such as Egypt, Iraq, and the Indonesian province of Aceh,[250] same-sex sexual acts are illegal,[251] and LGBT people regularly face violence and discrimination.[252]
Also domestic violence is a serious issue,
Sexism- women aren't worth as much blood money and cannot hold property, their word is not as valuable as a man's
Rape is pretty much legal and the woman is punished (not in all jurisdictions)
Pedophilia:
As of 2011, child marriages are common in a few Middle Eastern countries, accounting for 1 in 6 all marriages in Egypt and 1 in 3 marriages in Yemen. UNICEF and other studies state that the top five nations in the world with highest observed
child marriage rates — Niger (75%), Chad (72%), Mali (71%), Bangladesh (64%), Guinea (63%) — are Islamic-majority countries where the personal laws for Muslims are sharia-based.[265][266][/list]
