Sharia law = *ALL* practices of the Islamic faith - it includes praying, worshipping God alone, fasting, charity etc. These are all personal acts of worship, not meant to be imposed on anyone else.
*SOME*, not all, muslims also believe Sharia involves actual codified law, enforced by the government - such as enforcement of religious dress, punishment for adultery, death for apostasy etc.
Yasminn, the lady Jacqui was shouting at, does *NOT* believe sharia involves the latter. She was trying to make this point, telling Jacqui that sharia involves, for her, praying 5 times a day.
What Yasminn objected too...was Jacquis simplistic motto "if you want sharia, you should be deported" - when she clearly didn't understand what sharia means - or indeed that sharia means something completely different from one muslim to another.
It is highly offensive to muslims like me and Yasminn - who reject the barbaric interpretations of sharia, and instead insist that sharia is merely the personal obligations one has between oneself and the almighty (praying, fasting, give charity etc) - to be told that if I want to practice my religion that hurts no one - I am not welcome in this country.
Clearly Jacqui does not mean that people should be deported for praying or fasting - but in this dialogue she made it very clear she is not interested in being educated on the subject.
Says Yasminn:
Quote:My frustration is that people talk about Islam without knowing anything about it and they're willing to completely negate any of my rights as a human being
Some of you may remember Jacqui's response when she was first asked what she understood Sharia to mean a couple of years back: "ummm... well... it obviously involves terrorism"
Its pretty obvious Jacqui has not made any efforts since then to better understand the Sharia and that there is no one simplistic definition of it. Worse, it almost seems maintaining her ignorance is a deliberate ploy to 'maintain the rage' and scapegoat muslims for populist gain.
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