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Apart from the article, Pew research center data is full of made up numbers [1]. I remember one particular research on sharia law [2] where it mentioned that 82

Apart from the article, Pew research center data is full of made up numbers [1]. I remember one particular research on sharia law [2] where it mentioned that 82% people in Bangladesh support making sharia the official law, yet, the fact is, no Islamist parties came close to power in the ~50 years history of the country. Once again, Pew research is just full of hokum. [1] https://www.econlib.org/facts-opinions-and-the-pew-research-centers-pseudoscience/ https://www.econlib.org/facts-opinions-and-the-pew-research-... [2] https://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/ https://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-relig...

omarchowdhury 7y ago
Bangladeshi politics is heavily manipulated by small groups of incumbents. If it were truly democratic then you would see Sharia law implemented there. In day to day living there for the commoner, you'd assume Sharia law was already in effect. It's a country with a high likelihood of mass revolt in the coming future.
jkachmar 7y ago
Please consider disclosing that your first source comes from a publication that is attached to a politically motivated organization with a known socially conservative bias (The Liberty Fund [1]). The Pew Research Center [2] is recognized to be a nonpartisan institution that focuses on "empirical social science research" while avoiding taking policy positions (so as to remain nonpartisan in their research and analysis). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Fund#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Fund#Criticism [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pew_Research_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pew_Research_Center
js2 7y ago
> 82% people in Bangladesh. 82% of Muslims, who are 90% of the population of Bangladesh, so it's 74% of people. Further, only 39% of those 74%, so now we're down to 29% of the population, believe sharia should apply to non-Muslims. I can imagine reasons why even those 29%, much less the other 71%, might not want to vote for an Islamist party. Lastly, I don't know the first thing about Bangladesh politics, but apparently the largest Islamist party was banned from national elections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami Your first link is a torturous opinion piece (oh irony) by a Cato Institute member[1]. I'll leave it at that. 1. https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-firey https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-firey

omarchowdhury 7y ago

Bangladeshi politics is heavily manipulated by small groups of incumbents. If it were truly democratic then you would see Sharia law implemented there. In day to day living there for the commoner, you'd assume Sharia law was already in effect. It's a country with a high likelihood of mass revolt in the coming future.

jkachmar 7y ago

Please consider disclosing that your first source comes from a publication that is attached to a politically motivated organization with a known socially conservative bias (The Liberty Fund [1]). The Pew Research Center [2] is recognized to be a nonpartisan institution that focuses on "empirical social science research" while avoiding taking policy positions (so as to remain nonpartisan in their research and analysis). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Fund#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Fund#Criticism [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pew_Research_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pew_Research_Center

js2 7y ago

> 82% people in Bangladesh. 82% of Muslims, who are 90% of the population of Bangladesh, so it's 74% of people. Further, only 39% of those 74%, so now we're down to 29% of the population, believe sharia should apply to non-Muslims. I can imagine reasons why even those 29%, much less the other 71%, might not want to vote for an Islamist party. Lastly, I don't know the first thing about Bangladesh politics, but apparently the largest Islamist party was banned from national elections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Jamaat-e-Islami Your first link is a torturous opinion piece (oh irony) by a Cato Institute member[1]. I'll leave it at that. 1. https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-firey https://www.cato.org/people/thomas-firey