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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (199526)	8/26/2006 7:59:57 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If the majority of the voters want to live under Sharia law, the minority suffers. Of course, which is why there must be a respect for a rule of law based upon a human Bill of Rights similar to ours, however imperfectly we adher to them at times. Basing a government upon a religion, minus the good lord coming back and setting up his kingdom in a manner that no one could assert was human-derived, is ridiculous. There are just too many "flavors" of any particular religion. And no particular flavor has the right to demand that others adher to their interpretation related to a spiritual belief. If these people want to reveal their faith in god and what god is supposed to mean to humanity, they should never use violence to accomplish it. Hawk

To: Ichy Smith who wrote (199526)	8/27/2006 2:19:24 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 281500

The problem of course is the tyranny of the Majority. If the majority of the voters want to live under Sharia law, the minority suffers. That's not really the problem. I think in an Islamic country the "problem" from the non-Islamic viewpoint is defining who gets to be a voter. For example, if you let adult Muslim women vote, they are not going to vote that they cannot drive cars or cannot leave the house without a male relative, as the law state in Saudi Arabia. The main problem with democracy in much of the ME is that many of the populations have not accepted the idea of a separation of church and state, therefore they will not how to peacefully accept a situtation where the voters demand something counter to the accepted view of sharia law. For example, in the West Catholics say abortion is against religious practices, but the governments/voters in many countries say it is legal. This separation of power doesn't exist in many Islamic countries.