Monday, September 16, 2013
Racial Discrimination & Islamic Slavery
Muhammad was a slave owner.[1]
Racially derogatory[2] language
in the Quran cannot have any basis in a just legal system. Muhammad's
disparaging remarks regarding Ethiopians[3]
and hereditary description[4] of
blacks[5] as
having raisin heads,[6]
with unkempt hair,[7] and
babies with big hips and fat legs[8] is
wrong and discriminatory. Moreover, Islamic slavery of Africans in countries
like Sudan
is unjust.
Human Rights Violations
In the Middle East, the
rights of religious minorities are infringed upon all too often. In Egypt, young
women have been kidnapped and rapped in an effort to shame and convert them. Egypt’s
national identification card also requires identification of an individual’s
religious status.
Building churches is typically restricted, under the Hamayouni Decree in Egypt and Joint Ministerial Decree 1/2006 in Indonesia, and churches have even been burned in some instances.
Building churches is typically restricted, under the Hamayouni Decree in Egypt and Joint Ministerial Decree 1/2006 in Indonesia, and churches have even been burned in some instances.
Cruel & unusual punishment
Criminal Laws
Cut off (from the wrist joint) the (right) hand of the thief, male or female, as a recompense for that which they committed, a punishment by way of example from Allah. And Allah is All-Powerful, All-Wise. Quran 5:38.
Practices
such as cutting off limbs, flogging, stoning and hanging constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
Apostasy
But if they turn back (from Islam), take (hold) of them and kill them
wherever you find them, and take neither Auliya' (protectors or friends)
nor helpers from them. Quran 4:89.
Converting from Islam is
punishable by death, which violates one’s freedom of religion and God-given right to life.
Blasphemy
Blasphemy Laws
The following countries have adopted blasphemy laws into their Penal Code under Sharia law, which violates an individual’s freedom of speech:
Country
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Blasphemy Laws in Penal Code
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Description
|
Egypt
|
Article 98(f)
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Ridiculing or insulting religion.
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Indonesia
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Article 156(a)
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Contempt against religion.
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Pakistan
|
Article 295B & C
|
Defiling Quran;
Derogatory remarks against Mohammad.
|
Turkey
|
Article 301
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Insulting Turkishness.
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Tajikistan
|
2009 Tajik Religion Law
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Criminalizes unregistered religious activity.
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Uzbekistan
|
Article 159, 216, 244
|
Illegal religious organizations;
Proselytizing, distributing materials.
|
How Sharia law jeopardizes one's own citizenship.
Sharia law jeopardizes one’s own citizenship. In Kuwait, under
Article 27 of the Constitution and Article 4(5) of the 1959 Nationality Law
limits nationality to Muslims. Under Article 160 of Malaysia’s Constitution, a
Malay is defined as a person who professes the religion of Islam.
This is a clear violation of an individual's universal, inalienable rights.
This is a clear violation of an individual's universal, inalienable rights.
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