Considering that the majority of posters here are from Western society, is it really THAT hard to see why so many conservative Muslims actually support Sharia, especially women? Look at what they have to compare their culture to, OURS. What they see when looking at the Western world in a generalized view is the completely opposite, half naked women and a obssesion with sex and lust.
Personally I do not support Sharia and Islamic practices, but then again I do not support the rather liberal feminine practices of Western culture either. There is no cultural medium and I think that is more of the cross culture issue.
Christians would have the same view as you on this, the Sodom and Gamorrah societies we have in the west are viewed negatively by all religions, not just Islam. In fact the argument could be made when conservatives want to "legislate morality" they are imposing Christian law. The difference between Sharia and laws based on Christian values......the only people getting hurt by Christian based laws are druggies, drug dealers and prostitutes. Hell, they may even save some life because they would not allow abortion. Saying that, I am not for religion based law in any way, shape, or form. Victimless crimes are silly and a waste of taxpayer money and resources. Sharia would be much worse because there are victims under that law and the law itself is criminal imo. I agree to an extent, however the fact is that the Middle Eastern culture and mindset IS different. I cannot blame many Middle Eastern individuals for wanting to come to Europe and the U.S., so I cannot support the xenophobic neo templars in Europe and the US. That being said, the "this is my culture so deal with it" attitude of immigrating Muslims is also a big issue with me, as multiculturism and non assimilation has pretty been proven around the globe to fail horribly. It is a sticky situation and definitely and interesting argument, but I still stand by my "cultural medium" solution, because as it stands, the issue is pretty much making no progess and even becoming volatile if you look at France. What you are talking about is modern immigration, not exclusive to Muslims. Back in the day immigrants used to come to America to become Americans, I know because I am a product of them. My family came from Italy in the early 1900's and wanted to be Americans. They kept their culture (as they should) but abandoned the language, "we're Americans now, Americans speak English" was the reason. Now I don't agree with taking it to those extremes, they should have kept their language.....but it is still commendable. They wanted to assimilate and live among us rather than create their own Italy within America. These days it seems too many come here to our countries with an agenda, almost akin to an invasion of sorts. America used to be a melting pot, now it is more of a stew.
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