If Islamic law is so great, why are most (all?) countries governed by Islamic law shitheaps rife with corruption, human rights abuses and with some of the lowest living standards in the world despite having some of the greatest reserves of natural resources? Why are Islamic countries (and/or Muslims) almost exclusively the producers of suicide bombers? Why do flocks of Muslims seek Asylum in Western countries (I don't blame them)? Why do so few elect to seek asylum in any other Islamic country?
You see, you can argue about the textual content of the Qu'ran and the "true" Islam all you like, but all the evidence points to society as a whole being, by almost every conceivable measure, worse off when run under Islamic law. If Islam were the "true word of god" and intended to be the method by which people live their lives, then I can only suppose that god is far worse at developing societies than we are.
Specifically with regards to women, the simple fact that women are equal in every respect to men in all developed western countries when this is not the case in any Islamic country automatically proves you wrong. You could suggest that women aren't equal to men, but that would only strengthen my case, since someone "inequal" having equal rights is in an even better position than they should be.
With regards to marriage, it may be that the Islamic system is better, I have no idea. I don't much like the predominant system in the west either. To me, the best system would be to allow the legal joining of any person with any other(s); treating the marriage as a contract like any other. Why any government should be involved in the private decisions of its citizens I have no idea.
You see, you can argue about the textual content of the Qu'ran and the "true" Islam all you like, but all the evidence points to society as a whole being, by almost every conceivable measure, worse off when run under Islamic law. If Islam were the "true word of god" and intended to be the method by which people live their lives, then I can only suppose that god is far worse at developing societies than we are.
Specifically with regards to women, the simple fact that women are equal in every respect to men in all developed western countries when this is not the case in any Islamic country automatically proves you wrong. You could suggest that women aren't equal to men, but that would only strengthen my case, since someone "inequal" having equal rights is in an even better position than they should be.
With regards to marriage, it may be that the Islamic system is better, I have no idea. I don't much like the predominant system in the west either. To me, the best system would be to allow the legal joining of any person with any other(s); treating the marriage as a contract like any other. Why any government should be involved in the private decisions of its citizens I have no idea.
