Tag Archives: sharia

A Solution to the Financial Crisis? Sharia!

Italian economist Loretta Napoleoni (of Rogue Economics fame), blames the lingering financial crisis in part on the American War on Terrorism, which inaugurated an allegedly “suspicious attitude…toward Muslim investors.” She goes further though, and argues that the only solution to … Continue reading

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Against Sharia

Ali Eteraz takes a lengthy, sober and sympathetic look at the various arguments for granting jurisdiction to Sharia courts over Muslims in UK law. He rejects them all to good effect.

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Talking points for the modern Muslim

Ali Eteraz gives his fellow Muslims the rationale for opposing Sharia courts being imported into the west: 14 – Liberal democracy, as is, is perfectly compatible with Islam You aren’t making your country more Islamic or even earning more reward … Continue reading

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Sharia Law Enforced in Texas!

Well, kinda. After the whole row over the Archbishop of Canterbury’s declaration that Sharia Law in Britain is “unavoidable“, Eugene Volokh notes that it has been allowed in some US court, in a way. It seems some parties entered into … Continue reading

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