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Uh, no, he very much isn’t. The second paragraph is demonstrably false and is pretty obvious Islamophobia. It’s a disingenuous conflation of sharia law and a ca
by llp80 5y ago
Uh, no, he very much isn’t. The second paragraph is demonstrably false and is pretty obvious Islamophobia. It’s a disingenuous conflation of sharia law and a caliphate, and imagine how weird it is for me that I find myself explaining this, of all people.
- h0l0cube 5y agoIt might be an egregious conflation to say that 'all practices of ISIS' are enshrined by law in Saudi Arabia, but it's maybe a bit naive to think the two don't share some problematic ideology. I think recent leadership has been making some changes to bring SA more in line with Western liberal values, but hostile (religious-based) policy towards women[0], LGBTIQ+[1], and apostate Muslims[2], is still heavily enforced. The road to reform on any of these fronts is a long one. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia#Change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Saudi_Arab... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_territory#West_Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_by_country_or_terr... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Saudi_Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Saudi_Arabia
- sat3492 5y ago> how weird it is for me that I find myself explaining this Both the "caliphate" and "sharia law" are advocated by the same book quoran. I dont understand why would you consider it is conflated and not related? Are you suggesting that we look only at the good parts of quoran that is suitable with the modern civil society like some prominent muslims suggest(example: mehdi of aljassera)?
- dang 5y agoWe've banned this account for religious flamewar. That's not allowed on HN, regardless of which religion you have a problem with. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html