Brunei is to become the first East Asian country to adopt Sharia law despite international criticism.

harrymuffin wrote:I'm afraid this is just the beginning.  

gerber wrote:

harrymuffin wrote:I'm afraid this is just the beginning.  

Why do I fear you are so right.

Tesstacious wrote:

gerber wrote:

Why do I fear you are so right.

Snap.  But best not mention it, that's racist.  I find it ridiculous on here that most jump on any perceived insult to any 'minority', yet the threat to and abuse of women's rights are totally ignored, not to mention the sheer barbarity of this return to the dark ages.

gerber wrote:Sharia punishments will include severing of limbs for theft and death by stoning for adulterers and
will be introduced over a period of three years.

The death penalty, including by stoning, will be introduced in the final phase a year later for offences including adultery, sodomy and insulting the Koran or the Prophet Muhammad.
Most of the laws will also apply to non-Muslims.
That raises concern among Western workers in the oil sector and tens of thousands of ethnic Chinese Bruneians and 30,000 mostly Roman Catholic Filipino migrant workers.
About 20 per cent of residents are non-Muslim, including substantial Buddhist and Christian
communities.


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I suppose if you don't like the new laws you can leave the country, so why do in the UK pander to those that are unhappy with our Christian life style.

smelly_bandit wrote:What's that?????

Speak up speak im deafened by the silence from the left

Ben_Reilly wrote:Ahem:

SHARIA IS
OPPRESSIVE
AND WRONG
IT ABUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
AND I THINK
IT'S A BAD THING

Happy?

victorisnotamused wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:Ahem:

SHARIA IS
OPPRESSIVE
AND WRONG
IT ABUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
AND I THINK
IT'S A BAD THING

Happy?

but, of course...its "only a few"

victorisnotamused wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:Ahem:

SHARIA IS
OPPRESSIVE
AND WRONG
IT ABUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
AND I THINK
IT'S A BAD THING

Happy?

but, of course...its "only a few"

The percentage of Muslims who say they want sharia to be “the official law of the land” varies widely around the world, from fewer than one-in-ten in Azerbaijan (8%) to near unanimity in Afghanistan (99%). But solid majorities in most of the countries surveyed across the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia favor the establishment of sharia, including 71% of Muslims in Nigeria, 72% in Indonesia, 74% in Egypt and 89% in the Palestinian territories.

At the same time, the survey finds that even in many countries where there is strong backing for sharia, most Muslims favor religious freedom for people of other faiths. In Pakistan, for example, three-quarters of Muslims say that non-Muslims are very free to practice their religion, and fully 96% of those who share this assessment say it is “a good thing.” Yet 84% of Pakistani Muslims favor enshrining sharia as official law. These seemingly divergent views are possible partly because most supporters of sharia in Pakistan – as in many other countries – think Islamic law should apply only to Muslims. Moreover, Muslims around the globe have differing understandings of what sharia means in practice.

The survey – which involved more than 38,000 face-to-face interviews in 80-plus languages with Muslims across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa – shows that Muslims tend to be most comfortable with using sharia in the domestic sphere, to settle family or property disputes. In most countries surveyed, there is considerably less support for severe punishments, such as cutting off the hands of thieves or executing people who convert from Islam to another faith. And even in the domestic sphere, Muslims differ widely on such questions as whether polygamy, divorce and family planning are morally acceptable and whether daughters should be able to receive the same inheritance as sons.

Irn Bru wrote:They certainly could JD but money talks.

gerber wrote:

Irn Bru wrote:They certainly could JD but money talks.

But if all the Westerners who are involved within the oil industry leave and the Sultans hotels are boycotted, never mind his horse involvement in Newmarket maybe a game change plan could evolve.

An always hopeful and nice thinking Gerbs...

He wants western style life for himself but not for his people.........  Gdaffi and Saddam countries were invaded on less.....

Ben_Reilly wrote:Ahem:

SHARIA IS
OPPRESSIVE
AND WRONG
IT ABUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
AND I THINK
IT'S A BAD THING

Happy?

Joy Division wrote:What a disgrace adopting such laws, wtf can't the United Nations or some other organisation Intervene?

Irn Bru wrote:They certainly could JD but money talks.

smelly_bandit wrote:

Joy Division wrote:What a disgrace adopting such laws, wtf can't the United Nations or some other organisation Intervene?

Are you aware that Iran is sitting in the UNs women equality commission

smelly_bandit wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:Ahem:

SHARIA IS
OPPRESSIVE
AND WRONG
IT ABUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
AND I THINK
IT'S A BAD THING

Happy?

You are aware that sharia is based on Islamic doctrine and dogma???

Joy Division wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

Are you aware that Iran is sitting in the UNs women equality commission

I heard a snippet of that weeks ago on the Telly Smelly!...

Wtf!  

These Iranian women will most likely have a passion for their job role though, being used to living oppressed and where people ares till regularly put to death and where sometimes women are blamed for earthquakes!!

smelly, I know some of these countries are barbaric bastards, I don't agree with many of theses cruel acts they inflict on their people.

gerber wrote:

Joy Division wrote:


I heard a snippet of that weeks ago on the Telly Smelly!...

Wtf!  

These Iranian women will most likely have a passion for their job role though, being used to living oppressed and where people ares till regularly put to death and where sometimes women are blamed for earthquakes!!

smelly, I know some of these countries are barbaric bastards, I don't agree with many of theses cruel acts they inflict on their people.

JD it is spreading across continents because we in the west are allowing it to happen.  We are so unsure and will not upset the die hard Islamists due to threats and we must be all encompassing to all.....They are slowly but surely catching monkey.

We in the west have let them do it.  In the UK we cannot say boo ! Christmas is banned, the Union flag is banned, halal meat is served in schools even Subway have succumbed.........

The every day Muslim in the UK is not of that thinking but the extremists rule and the gentle we are one of you guys suffers.

Sharia Law was introduced into the UK by Jack Straw liebour Home sec......

Joy Division wrote:

gerber wrote:

JD it is spreading across continents because we in the west are allowing it to happen.  We are so unsure and will not upset the die hard Islamists due to threats and we must be all encompassing to all.....They are slowly but surely catching monkey.

We in the west have let them do it.  In the UK we cannot say boo ! Christmas is banned, the Union flag is banned, halal meat is served in schools even Subway have succumbed.........

The every day Muslim in the UK is not of that thinking but the extremists rule and the gentle we are one of you guys suffers.

Sharia Law was introduced into the UK by Jack Straw liebour Home sec......

Yeah Gerbs but Britain does not permit any violence or killing!!, it's more to do with divorces etc..

I don't agree about Halal meat being served in our schools.

But we still have our union flag and Christmas !

Brunei is ranked fifth in the world by gross domestic product per capita at purchasing power parity. The IMF estimated in 2011 that Brunei was one of two countries (the other being Libya) with a public debt at 0% of the national GDP

It is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the remainder of the island's territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia.

gerber wrote:

Joy Division wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

Are you aware that Iran is sitting in the UNs women equality commission

I heard a snippet of that weeks ago on the Telly Smelly!...

Wtf!  

These Iranian women will most likely have a passion for their job role though, being used to living oppressed and where people ares till regularly put to death and where sometimes women are blamed for earthquakes!!

smelly, I know some of these countries are barbaric bastards, I don't agree with many of theses cruel acts they inflict on their people.

JD it is spreading across continents because we in the west are allowing it to happen.  We are so unsure and will not upset the die hard Islamists due to threats and we must be all encompassing to all.....They are slowly but surely catching monkey.

We in the west have let them do it.  In the UK we cannot say boo ! Christmas is banned, the Union flag is banned, halal meat is served in schools even Subway have succumbed.........

The every day Muslim in the UK is not of that thinking but the extremists rule and the gentle we are one of you guys suffers.

Sharia Law was introduced into the UK by Jack Straw liebour Home sec......

People with no religious affiliation now make up the third-largest global group in a new study of the world's faiths - coming after Christians and Muslims but just before Hindus.

The study, based on extensive data for the year 2010, also showed Islam and Hinduism are the faiths most likely to expand in the future while Judaism has the weakest growth prospects.

It showed Christianity is the most evenly spread religion, present in all regions of the world, while Hinduism is the least global with 94 per cent of its population in one country, India.

gerber wrote:Sharia punishments will include severing of limbs for theft and death by stoning for adulterers and
will be introduced over a period of three years.

The death penalty, including by stoning, will be introduced in the final phase a year later for offences including adultery, sodomy and insulting the Koran or the Prophet Muhammad.
Most of the laws will also apply to non-Muslims.
That raises concern among Western workers in the oil sector and tens of thousands of ethnic Chinese Bruneians and 30,000 mostly Roman Catholic Filipino migrant workers.
About 20 per cent of residents are non-Muslim, including substantial Buddhist and Christian
communities.


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I suppose if you don't like the new laws you can leave the country, so why do in the UK pander to those that are unhappy with our Christian life style.

Ben_Reilly wrote:

smelly_bandit wrote:

You are aware that sharia is based on Islamic doctrine and dogma???

I'm an atheist, what the hell makes you think I agree with Islamic doctrine and dogma? Of course, not all Muslims follow Sharia just like not all Christians follow the Bible. You're just trying to make complex issues simple, once again.