cherries wrote:HomerJay wrote:cherries wrote:i don't think that muslims who advocate sharia are extremist or radical,they are fundamentalists but so are all muslims in theory.
The situation is sufficiently confused that it may be difficult to tell if they are extremist or not.
If by Sharia they mean theocracy, then that's extremist.
If by Sharia they mean don't eat pork, that's not fundamentalist, extremist or radicalised.
If someone says 'we should live by Sharia' but doesn't qualify if that means diet or theocracy then we can default to saying it sounds like an extremist position, until it is clarified and qualified.
i think muslims are extremists if religion is set before everything else,even if it means suffering and deprivation for people.
so yes a theocracy like for example iran is run by extremists but some other countries which apply sharia law but also secular law can be moderate.
This is rubbish. I can't name a single country in the world that has a dual Sharia/secular legal system, or for that matter, one based almost completely on Sharia that I would consider "moderate".