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To: Elroy who wrote (326791)	2/22/2007 2:04:03 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578422

don't think a lot of Muslim nations have laws that are based on the Koran.....well not any more than Chritian nations base their laws on the Bible. I think you're completely wrong on this one. I think the UAE, Saudi, Kuwait and Iran have laws based on sharia, which is religious law. I don't know the rest, but I think many of the so called Muslim nations use sharia as the basis for their law. Liberal countries like the UAE have sharia law that only apply to Muslims (I can drink and buy booze, but they can't). Less liberal countries like Saudi and Kuwait have it apply to everyone (no one can drink booze, help!). Everything I have read suggests that the farther you get from Mecca, the less the Sharia plays in daily life. Having said that, I don't know which countries its the basis for their body of laws.....if its most Muslim countries or only a few.