The Taliban’s perversion of sharia law
To legislate and structure society based on medieval rules and norms now actually contradicts Muhammad’s message, which is avoid tyranny, oppression and injustice.
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There is nothing un-Islamic in allowing individuals to follow and practice Islam as they choose without it being incorporated as state law (pdf). Muslims in Malakand should be able to choose freely how to follow Islam out of personal conviction, regardless of whether their interpretations conform to majority or minority opinion. They should be allowed to believe that listening to music is not un-Islamic; that women can shop in public without wronging Islam; and that Sikhs should be protected based on common nationality, not religion.
PDF on sharia and how it should vary locally and not be imposed by the state, written by Professor Abdullahi A. An-Na’im
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