razors-chazyou quoted the wrong table to attempt to counter the point.
from your own source. this shows most of the muslims of the world dont support extremism in the name of islam.
As for Sharia the interpretation of the law is widely debated and there are wide differences in how muslims adhere to these laws. There are 5 main different schools of thought toward sharia and each has differing levels of authority. Also in the context of the extreme punishments, by no means all, and in most regions, muslims do not favour the corporal punishments. Also the majority of regions believe the laws should only apply to muslims and even more so U.S. muslims so the likelyhood of the USA falling under sharia is much less of a threat than you would have us believe.
All information from your own source. http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-overview/
You've cherry picked a table to suit your own xenophobic demagoguery.
First, you get that you're defending Sharia here, right? Like you're actually doing it. This is theocracy. No one should be in favour of theocracy, regardless of "differing levels of authority". This demonstrates how fully some people seem to have lost the plot here. There is no version of sharia that is acceptable as an aspect of a political system.
Second, the statement, "in most regions, muslims do not favour the corporal punishments" is clearly wrong. In the regions polled with the largest Muslim populations, the majority ARE in favour of cutting off peoples' hands for theft or stoning them for adultery. In Pakistan, for example, where 178 million Muslims live, 88% are in favour of this. Even in countries where a majority DON'T support it, the number of people who do is staggering. There are about 200 million muslims in Indonesia, and 46% of those polled say they support these barbaric practices. That's a huge number of people. Even in central Asia and Europe, where the percentages are the lowest, it's still about a third of the Muslim population who think this stuff is a good idea.
The last thing I want to point out is your statement that "the majority of regions believe the laws should only apply to Muslims and even more so U.S. Muslims so the likelihood of the USA falling under sharia is much less of a threat than you would have us believe." First, there are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. Even if the VAST majority think these rules shouldn't apply to non-Muslims, we're still talking about tens of millions, or hundreds of millions, of people who DO want these practices to apply to everyone. This should be obvious based on the way even the most moderate Muslims insist that no one, Muslim or not, draw a picture or cartoon of the Prophet. This is an instance of attempting to enforce religious laws about blasphemy on people who do not subscribe to the religion. That should tell you something in and of itself.
More importantly, do you only give a fuck about horrifying barbaric practices if they manifest themselves in the United States? Women, gays, atheists, minority religious practitioners in these societies live under oppression that makes Apartheid look like a weekend picnic in your local park, but your response is, don't worry, it won't happen in the US? "No worries, Afrikaaner national party, as long as you all keep to yourselves, we're not much fussed". Fuck right off.
Stop trying to downplay this. These are horrifying belief systems that any person with any sense of human rights should be strongly opposed to.
