Why are there no animal cruelty laws, child abuse laws, rights for women in Islam run Countries?
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Most countries have the laws you mention; they will vary from one country to another. Unfortunately as in the west there are differences over what is just. For example in parts of the US it's seen as acceptable to execute teenagers with learning difficulties in other parts of the US and in Europe this is seen as barbaric.\nAnother issue is that people break the law; again this happens all over the world. \nOn top of that you have the people in control who have a vested interest in preventing change; again this applies to the the west as well as the east.
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Muslims and Democracy ? Ha ha ha ...go to a real muslim country and see the barbarian laws !!
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Actually, some of the earliest fully democratic societies (including female involvement and free speech) were in Islamic countries back in the 13th century.\n\nMost Muslims do not believe in excluding non-muslims. After all the Quran clearly states that jews and christians must be treated exactly the same as muslims because they all worship the same god.\n\nThe actions of a very tiny minority of jihadists (who let's face it aren't real muslims because they believe in things opposite to what is laid down in the Quran (veiling, murder, oppression of women etc)) should not be used to define all members of a religion. You wouldn't say all Christians were murdering crackpots based on the actions of the Spanish Inquisition or the American Christian right wing whould you?
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No. A land is governed by Islam only if it follows Islamic law. So even many "Muslim countries" today are not governed by Islam.
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Western countries are controlled by a small exclusive club of people.  Religion is just another tool on their belt to control us with.  It's why western countries are split 50/50 on every damn issue you can think of.
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Because they have been conditioned to marginalize their existence all throughout their lives. There are man made dogmas in every religion. Few seems to care what the Prophet/Messenger taught. The Koran doesn't teach that women should marginalize their existence. Indeed men and women are equal before God.
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in Iran they have to,if they don't,they'll be imprisoned or tortured!IT'S A LAW.in other islamic secular countries like Malaysia they cover their bodies due to their belief
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I am very upset hearing that Muslim women are banned from wearing head scarves in France and now the Dutch are ready to ban women from wearing the traditional Burqa (covering of the body with a coat and the face). These countries are basically telling everyone that Muslims have no right to do what is in their religion. I mean, how narrow minded can these people be? Seriously! These countries are taking away the freedom to practice religion and discriminating against Muslim women (and men) because a few idiotic people claiming to be Muslim have attacked the US. The fanatics should be caught and put in jail but don't tell everyone who are not fanatic Muslims NOT to wear what they want to wear or have to wear as per their religion. \nWhat would happen if the Christian and Catholic churches were banned from having their nuns cover themselves from their head to toe? What about if the Jews were told that they could no longer eat Kosher meat and had to eat non-kosher food because Kosher was banned? \nOf course, the people in these other countries are narrow minded folks who think they are right and everyone else is wrong. How much of this can anyone take? It is NOT right to take away a person's religious freedom because of security. I agree that there needs to be precautions but women can wear hijab and other police women can check them if they need to when they go to airports or other areas that they need to do security checks. Telling Muslim women (and it doesn't matter how many of them cover or not) is basically stating to the world that Muslims have no right to practice their religion freely in public (and in private if they go too far). \nFrance and the Dutch have gone too far with their bans. They need to stop persecuting those who have done nothing to them. Look at their own countries....there are people who are not Muslim who have tried to hurt them and get away from the security. So stop screwing Muslims over with these crappy laws!
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:}\nMorocco is an Islamic nation. there in lies the answer as to how women are treated and thier political state.\n\nIslam is male dominated, women and wives are suservent/\nthey walk behind the husband and do not join in in male canversations at gatherings\n\nIslam does not see Women as an eaual creation of God. \n\nI include an article\n\nWomen's Rights in Morocco\nDriss Benmhend\n\nThe heated debate over improving women's rights in Morocco and revising the “Moudawana”, is back again in the media circuit. In March of 1999, former State Secretary for Family Affairs, Saïd Saidi, introduced a bill known as the “National Action Plan for Integrating Women in Development.” This modest bill was not intended to revolutionize women's rights, but, aimed to assert some basic rights for women against discrimination and abuse. However, opponents of the plan see that these changes as a diversion from our Islamic moral values. How is the abolishment of polygamy and raising the legal age for marriage from 14 to 18 going to threaten the attachment of our women to Islam? One may ask.\n\nEmancipating our women is not against the Shariâ, and I believe that the articles of the “Moudawana” proposed for revision (that certain parties find scandalous), represent the bare minimum that could be done for our female citizens, who suffer severely from poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and all kind of abuses and discrimination. The Moroccan legal system is unfair towards women and needs to be revised, and yet many religious leaders continue to oppose these reforms. I encountered first hand, some of the ignorant and prejudiced views held by some Muslim scholars (Oulema). Few years ago, following the bombing of the trade center in New York, a number of Oulema from different countries (including Morocco) toured some US university campuses and gave talks about the “true Islam.” The purpose of the tour was to educate the American public about the true teachings of Islam. At the University of Michigan, I attended a round table discussion between these Oulema and students. At a question regarding a woman's right to divorce her husband, the Alim from Egypt replied that women cannot have that right because of their unstable emotions and temperament. He added that a woman then would ask for a divorce if her husband refuses to buy her a dress or for some other insignificant reason. Like all of the other students, I was shocked to hear this kind of belittling and degrading remark against women. These are not the teachings of Islam as I know it. In spite of my disgust, I tried to keep an open mind, and later told the Alim privately, that this could happen if someone were married to a 13 year old girl. So, why not solve this problem by raising the legal age for marriage to 18 or 20 years. He laughed at my idea.\n\nWhile most of the world is celebrating women's achievements and contributions to society, many theologians in the Muslim world are hiding behind their distorted interpretation of the Koran and Shariaâ, which reduces women to objects than men can use -through marriage- to satisfy their selfish needs. According to recent statistics, of 100 seven year old girls, 51 will enroll in school, and only 7 of these lucky 51 will finish high school. The rest will end up as maids working 16 to 20 hours a day in very abusive homes, or in sweatshops similar to Nazi concentration camps. We should recognize that there are many inequalities and barriers that are preventing Moroccan women from enjoying their basic human rights and assure their participation in the development of our beloved Morocco. As His Majesty wondered in one of his speeches, “How can we imagine setting up a civilized and prosperous community while women who represent half of it have their rights abused?''.\n\nDriss Benmhend\nMcLean, Virginia\nUSA\nMarch, 2001
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those animals are not muslims,the koran strickly forbids the harming of innocents,of which,in their sexist world view,all women and children are included.adherants and infidels.
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Amnesty International has outlined the innate rights of all human beings and works for those rights around the world.\n\nThey have a "Bill of Rights" of sorts - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - http://web.amnesty.org/pages/aboutai-udhr-eng\n\nBut their are no absolute global laws which every nation MUST follow.  We have the UN which is organized to try and work for these things, but it is ultimately up to each government to respect the human rights of it's people.  For example Bush worked his way around the Geneva Convention laws through legal "loop holes" and wiggling his way out of proper behavior, so government Officials get away with crimes often unless the worlds population works to see that justice is done (epically watch their own leaders).
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I do not mean to offend you or any one else, but I have read many parts of the Koran that are self-contradictory.Men have the right to beat wives who they do not find submissive (most of the men defining 'submissive' are the ones we want least defining it)and a woman's testimony is worth half a man's. Women inherit only half as much in societies where they may need it twice as much as their brothers, inasmuch some women are not allowed to work. Many of the misogynistic influences in the Middle East existed before Islam,but why are extremists hijacking this "Religion of Peace," and why are so few men standing up to proclaim, open Koran in hand, "I have found that women are equal to us, right here"? I know many brave souls are standing up to the fanatics, but...where are they?
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Democratic is a better option if you have people in your country who aren't Islamic.  And, pretty much every country has people who aren't Islamic.  Also, the various sects disagree on certain points of Islam, so basing your laws on a specific religion like that is going to cause a lot of friction between the sects.
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There are several. Here's a list of a few:\n1. Invasion of privacy. Often people claim that doing such invades their privacy and is unconstitutional.\n2. Freedom of Religion. Some religions allow the husband to beat the wife, and even set forth guidelines for how and when.\n3. Women's Fears. Women often recant. They claim that they were wrong and drop charges, etc. Usually they do so out of fear.\n4. Restraining Orders are WORTHLESS. It is only a piece of paper and the punishment for breaking one is close to nothing. Unfortunately the victim often ends up debilitated or dead.\n5. People have not passed effective legislation to punish violence.\n6. Legal Precedent. Judges must interpret the laws and consider legal precedent. A "radical" decision is easily contested by arguing precedent.\n\nThese are only a few problems. Many many more exist.
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most muslim nation don't run their gov. by Sharia . i believe only two muslim countries follow the Sharia.
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Islam is not to blame for the violence and abuse of women. Alot of fundamentalist beliefs have no basis in the Quran and are largely cultural-centric. The Middle East, Africa, some parts of Asia have to a larger extent adopted a  very conservative cultural perspective in recent years. Perhaps this is a back-lash to Western "ideologies of excess or economic oppression/suppression"......\n\nNon-Western cultures/countries have a long and tumultuous history with the western world and there is a alot of "hang-over resentment".\n\nPoint is.....Just because it is cloaked in Islam does not mean that it is Islam.......you will find alot of racist ideologies touted as Christian belief's but I am hard pressed to find a verse in the Bible saying so.
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It was to be expected there are no laws protecting freedom of speech over there, its a pretty rigid society where the government try to keep tabs on individualism.