Reply #106: It's important to note that Sharia Law is not the same as Islam [View All]

well it is, but Sharia is more a system of how to devise laws (using the Quran) rather than an actual set of laws. Mesh this with the disparate nature of Islam, the ability of pretty much any radical to call himself an Imam, and any Imam's ability to create "Sharia Laws" and Fatwas and we have a problem.

Turkey is a secular democratic muslim country. THey have their issues yes, but it's a far cry from the Taliban. They realize the same things that our countries founders did, that religion and government need to remain separate. Iraq under Saddam was a secular muslim country. Though it wasn't a democracy women had equal rights, held top posts, were scientsts and doctors and academics and didn't wear their veils. Lebanon has always had a fairly liberal aesthetic when it comes to these areas.

Yes there are problem countries, but they shouldn't be held up as a example of every single member and nation which particpates in that religion.