But it's different in Sweden... (was Re: [LINK] So what have we done about Melbourne IT's dirty deed)

[Danny Yee]

Howard Lowndes wrote:
> ...but that would mean that Muslims would have to renounce Sharia, which 
> is the whole essence of their belief and the way that society conducts 
> itself.

It's the essence of Islam for a small fraction of the world's Muslims.

If you look either at Islamic history or at modern "Islamic" countries,
you'll find that rigorous implementation of sharia traditions are
exceptional.  Islamic legal traditions are a lot broader than most
people realise.

An interesting story on Indonesia's proposed censorship law:
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,,1735879,00.html

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