And this follows back to what I said earlier, despite the links that you provided, supposed 'moderate' muslims absolutely have not spoken out or gotten the word out as you are try to establish it here.
Yes, they have spoken out. If you don't believe that they've worked hard enough to "get the word out," blame the yellow media for not reporting stories that won't move as many papers.
You cannot blame people for feeling the way they do about your religion whenever all you see or hear is the radicalsim and the terrorism that results from it.
I can absolutely blame people for relying on misinformation and being generally ignorant. I don't do that, however; I blame those who make slanderous remarks about my religion based on their misconceptions. If you're going to criticize something, it becomes necessary to familiarize yourself with it using primary sources and objective analyses.
I asked you about Sharia Law, how can you be a muslim and not believe in Sharia Law?
Sharia is the product of so-called scholars' flawed assumptions, which in turn are based largely on collections of religious oral traditions (ahadith) that are of highly questionable accuracy. Because it draws from sources other the Qur'an, Sharia is illegitimate. In fact, it is at odds with the Qur'an. For example, Sharia generally treats apostasy as a capital offense, while the Qur'an does not mandate any punishment for it and requires "no compulsion in religion" (2:256.)
This is not possible from my understanding and the things that I have read.
What is it that you've read?
Islam is much more than just a religion, it goes into everything one does in life and seeks to be a part of every part of an individuals life, including government and law.
Based on which Qur'anic commandment? The only mention of government in the book suggests that the ideal system of government is government by
shura, "consultation." Nothing is said about shura being mandatory, it's simply suggested that it's ideal. See 42:36-39.
Why are muslims in Britain seeking to be able to establish their own courts to enforce Sharia Law in their own communities if this is not the case? Why can't they respect British law?
Why do you assume that what they're doing must be in accordance with Islamic teachings?
Or are all of them 'radicals' of some kind as well?
I suppose those who favor the implementation of Sharia probably are.
Preconceived notion?
Are you serious? Do you ever watch the news or pick up a paper?
Yes, but I don't watch any of the garbage news channels here, and I rarely spend a lot of time reading my local paper. I use international sources and generally read about the same event as reported by several different news agencies to get a less biased impression of what's actually happening.
Tell me what percentage of the world's violence today is perpatrated in the name of Islam?
If I did it would be based entirely on conjecture. Something as abstract and broad as violence can't possibly be quantified.
I have to agree with her, I don't believe you are being honest.
About what? What do you base this belief on?
