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In which countries with a Muslim majority are the tenets of Sharia Law not obeserved?
Turkey, Mali, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan are all majority Muslim countries with no Sharia law at the state level. Furthermore many large Muslim countries such as Indonesia or Egypt might have some laws influenced by Sharia or as in Nigeria, Sharia law applied at a regional level in certain provinces, but at the same time the majority of laws are handed down by a secular government authority.
For example Sharia law prevents intoxicants and pork, but one can legally drink alcohol in licensed bars in Morocco, which also has a thriving pork industry for export or for consumption by non-Muslims. It's not as cut and dried as you might like to think. Not every Muslim country is like Iran or Saudia Arabia.
No one can expect the cultures of the individual European cultures to not be fundamentally changed in character and openness with a change over in religious majority, since religious history and tradition, even in secular nations, helps shape the "character" of a country.
Just as I wouldn't want evangelical Christianity to rise in prevalence and impose its social mores and morality on the free countries of Europe, I just don't see the benefit of Europe shaking of the bonds of repressive Christianity, only to rush into the arms of Islam! Maybe I'm distrustful of anything that threatens secular huanism.
But hey, if Europeans believe they can or will maintain their western values of openness, democracy and plurality as minorities in their own nations, then who are we to lecture?
No one can expect the cultures of the individual European cultures to not be fundamentally changed in character and openness with a change over in religious majority, since religious history and tradition, even in secular nations, helps shape the "character" of a country.
Just as I wouldn't want evangelical Christianity to rise in prevalence and impose its social mores and morality on the free countries of Europe, I just don't see the benefit of Europe shaking of the bonds of repressive Christianity, only to rush into the arms of Islam! Maybe I'm distrustful of anything that threatens secular huanism.
But hey, if Europeans believe they can or will maintain their western values of openness, democracy and plurality as minorities in their own nations, then who are we to lecture?
I agree. Americans have no room to talk and no high horse from which to lecture Europe nations about anything.
I disagree with the original post. Muslims will actually be the majority in an independent Wallonia in 15-20 years.
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