that site is a peice of junk....i've read their explanations for a few questions and most of them go around the problem and not at the heart of this....for example...
In the faq section
<< How do you justify in Allah's name the justice meted out by sharia?
Harriet Brand
Dear Harriet,
As a general matter, Islamic law is based on the notion that God is supreme over all, and while He, may He be glorified, may demand things of us, we can demand nothing of Him. Nevertheless, out of His infinite mercy, His commands are in accord with what benefits human beings. Nonetheless, some of His commands are done purely for the sake of testing us: will we be faithful to His command, or will we succumb to our lusts? Submitting to what is known to be God's command is at the heart of being a Muslim, even if faithful execution of that command brings with it grave hardship. If you are a Christian or a Jew, you certainly know that God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son . . . If you believe in a transcendent, all-powerful God, you know that He commands certain things merely to test our faithfulness: that is the bottom line when it comes to religious justification.
> people accused of adultury are buried in a pit and
> stoned to death,
Actually, to be convicted of adultery in Islamic law, there must be four male witnesses to the act of penetration. That is the only acceptable evidence for such a punishment (other than confession). Accusation of adultery, followed by failure to produce four eye witnesess leads to automatic punishment for slander.
> or
> pickpockets have their hands amputated?
In Islamic law, a thief who steals property exceeding a certain value is subject to having his hand amputated. This is based upon an express verse in the Quran, although the nature of the property addressed (it must be sufficiently protected) and the amount are certainly a matter requiring human judgment. The main point of this stern punishment is to communicate the gravity of the sin of theft, not to amputate hands. Islamic law has very high standards of proof that are not easily satisfied. Finally, Muslim rulers have often refrained from applying this punishment when circumstances, such as poverty, force people into crime.
One final point: with regards to certain crimes, such as adultery and theft, for which God has provided mandatory punishments, Islam views these punishments as acts of penance, and thus are vehicles to cleanse the sin itself. For that reason, I know of no instance in which the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, applied one of these punishments against a recalicitrant person.
Peace,
Mohammad Fadel >>
<< > people accused of adultury are buried in a pit and
> stoned to death,
Actually, to be convicted of adultery in Islamic law, there must be four male witnesses to the act of penetration. That is the only acceptable evidence for such a punishment (other than confession). Accusation of adultery, followed by failure to produce four eye witnesess leads to automatic punishment for slander. >>
Just look at the reasoning given above , so stupid, atleast they could have brought some smart talker to do the faq section So does that mean if one is witnessed by four other people , the person can be stoned to death?....cheating is bad...but sex is a damn primal characteristics of all people.
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<< > pickpockets have their hands amputated?
In Islamic law, a thief who steals property exceeding a certain value is subject to having his hand amputated. This is based upon an express verse in the Quran, although the nature of the property addressed (it must be sufficiently protected) and the amount are certainly a matter requiring human judgment. The main point of this stern punishment is to communicate the gravity of the sin of theft, not to amputate hands. Islamic law has very high standards of proof that are not easily satisfied. Finally, Muslim rulers have often refrained from applying this punishment when circumstances, such as poverty, force people into crime. >>
Oh I see ...Yup Im A moron and everything u just said makes perfect sense....cut peoples hands because they steal..and ruin their life....
<< If you are a Christian or a Jew, you certainly know that God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son . . . If you believe in a transcendent, all-powerful God, you know that He commands certain things merely to test our faithfulness: that is the bottom line when it comes to religious justification. >>
If god wants me to sacrifice my brother or father or son....i will no way do it dammit!!!! i will lose all respect for him and fight against him....goddamn bullsh!t that he wants to test our faithfulness by taking our loved ones... if god is truly there he is supposed to love us and take good care of us....( the justification that just becos some book says god commands u to do certain senseless things...makes no sense to me at all).the least he can do is let the place run without tampering with it...instead of giving commands like...sacrifice ur son to me to show ur loyalty and crapp like that....this brand of religionism is plain stupid i dont take the bible as it is...i try to take the best of it.....and not the absolute senseless crap that might have been relevant during stone age.
amen!
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