Could a DUer explain the difference between Sharia Law and

[malaise]

Xtian Fundie Law to me - thanks in advance

[CBGLuthier]

1. Well, there is the fact that the latter does not exist.

and Sharia law does.

[jberryhill]

4. They sell liquor on Sunday where you are, eh?

Do they do it within 500 feet of a church?

[unblock]

5. anti-abortion laws? anti-gay laws? creshes on public property? god on our currency?

sure, sharia law is much more heavily encoded into public law in certain islamic countries than christian law is encoded into public law here in the u.s., but it's incorrect to say it doesn't ever exist.

it does and small bits of it even exist in our public law and governance. heck, congress even starts its session with a prayer.

[redgreenandblue]

2. AFAIK, both are based essentially on Leviticus and Deuteronomy.

The Quran adds a few subtleties on top of that. What these are exactly, I cannot say. But yes, there certainly is a lot of overlap. All the dietary rules for instance.

[Fumesucker]

3. One is wildly unpopular in the USA and the other is wildly popular? n/t

[malaise]

7. Bwaaaaaaaah hahahaha

Now we're getting there

[dawg]

6. We can have bacon.

Yep. Crispy, yummy bacon!

Take that, Muslins!

[get the red out]

9. +1

This.

[Scootaloo]

8. I doubt many DU'ers even comprehend what "Sharia law" is

Beyond of course whatever Glen Beck tells them it is. "I know it's whut them thar moozlums foller. And I don't like it, nossir, not one bit."

[longship]

10. Both are equally odious.

Whether one wants to force all women to dress in a big bag, or one professes that the USA is a Christian country, it's all the same shit.

Christopher Hitchens said it most succinctly. Religion poisons everything.

What he meant about that is whenever religion is imposed on cultural, political, or governmental entities, no good results.

I agree.

In God we trust? I doubt it. Not if it means what the Christian Republicans profess.