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Wizgot posted:Since Iraq is predominantly Muslim, sharia law must play a big role as to why democracy cannot function properly. Why do you say that?
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Apr 20, 2015 06:07
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Not to sound like a dick, but you're showing your ignorance about Iraq and Islamic law when you say that. European/American politicians and academics have been making the argument that Islam is uniquely and fundamentally backwards and incompatible with self-rule (to justify their continued occupation and control over Islamic countries- sound familiar?) since like, 1830, and you're reproducing that claim without critically thinking about whether it applies to your own society or actually describes Iraq. Here's what I would say: -Sharia law is and always has been open to interpretation and differing interpretations (as much as US law is anyway) because there's such a huge corpus of sources for it. It also isn't the defining feature of life in a Muslim-majority country. -Iraq isn't a time capsule where the culture and law of 700 CE has continued more or less unchanged to the present. -Why has US democracy been compatible with slavery, Prohibition, effectively mandatory church attendance, and other extremely intrusive and moralistic law codes, but Sharia law isn't?
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Apr 20, 2015 23:41
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e: not the place
Kellsterik fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Apr 21, 2015 |
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Apr 21, 2015 23:42
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