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To: Elroy who wrote (223098)	3/8/2007 9:55:18 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>> we don't (generally) claim the bible as the basis for law. The new testament has very few laws to begin with, thereby leaving the state's hand open to implement whatever the laws it wants. Where there is a strong stance on something in Christianity, e.g. polygamy, homosexuality, or public nudity, Western law has been remarkably compatible with the Bible. Similarly, the view taken in most Islamic states is not so much that Koran should be looked at as a source of laws, but rather that state laws may not be in direct violation of Islam. Keep in mind that this is how the laws would have been, if they were open to public opinion in the first place. But the rule, imo, is a political compromise; the politicians would certainly prefer to be able to pass whatever the law they want, but opposition from the religious authorities would undermine their claim to power if they were to go against the religion. Saudi Arabia is one country that insists on implementation of a strict (and most Muslims would believe incorrect) interpretation of Islamic laws. But even there, the issue is politics. The Saudi monarchy had to make a pact with the Wahhabi clerics in order take and keep the power.