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"Terrorism has no religion." Why don't Moderate Muslims restrain their Radical counterparts?
You say these things don't happen when they do. Case in point, the notorious Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (9/11 mastermind and behind Daniel Pearl's execution) who WAS jailed in Egypt early in his life, had ...
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How do some countries make political laws against the burka but not against nun habits?
How do some countries make political laws against the burka but not against nun habits?
The nun habit doesn't cover the face, that's the big difference.
The usual approach in Europe is to forbid/...
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What events led to the 2020 North East Delhi riots?
A bit of background is necessary. Recently India passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). It allows only non-Muslim illegal immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan to get citizenship ...
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Does the Taliban government of Afghanistan have a written legal code?
This Q is pretty narrow in its title, but then asks more generally
My question is really whether it is just that - that local officials make whatever decisions they think most aligns with their ...
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Why is the modern left defending Islam(ism)?
The modern left is not "courting islamism", but scroll down to see some reasons why I believe it may be perceived as such.
Some examples showing evidence that it isn't:
Left-wing groups in Rojava ...
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What events led to the 2020 North East Delhi riots?
The Citizenship Act of 2019 gives refugees who have fled persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan a path to Indian citizenship, but it only applies to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, ...
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Is Darfur genocide religious/racial in nature?
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The opposing sides in the Darfur conflict are all at least nominally Sunni Muslim and would all be considered by people in the U.S. or Latin America to be "black".
But, it is a ...
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Do Sunnis support monarchy and Shias support republic?
If anything it is the other way round. The key political difference between Sunni and Shia Islam is the status of the family of the prophet.
In Shia Islam, God chose Ali, who was Muhammad's cousin ...
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"Terrorism has no religion." Why don't Moderate Muslims restrain their Radical counterparts?
Evidently, they do. There are a lot of Muslim countries who combat terrorism. I think Muslim governments are even more concerned with terrorism than anybody else and take very hard-line measures.
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Why is the modern left defending Islam(ism)?
It is a difficult question to answer, mainly because it is a strawman argument.
Let me put you a more mundane analogy. You are in a ship in the middle of the Pacific, and find that ex-POTUS Barack ...
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How do some countries make political laws against the burka but not against nun habits?
It seems the answers posted so far fail to fully explain how these laws really work. Taking France as an example:
The 2010 law does not mention religion at all, but the intent to cover the face. This ...
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Does the Taliban government of Afghanistan have a written legal code?
No, they don't have an official legal code yet. Yes, they have plans to create some kind of a legislative body and write laws after forming the government. Yes, they already have written statutes, but ...
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Why is recent international (Europe, N-America, …) Islamist terrorism exclusively perpetrated by Sunnis?
There are many interrelated factors, some of which are:
There's just a lot more Sunnis than Shia. Attacks require resources.
Sunnis are far better funded (KSA funding Wahhabism; coupled with Iran's ...
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How do some countries make political laws against the burka but not against nun habits?
Consider the response of the communities involved to:
An Islamic woman seen in public not wearing the burka, as proscribed by
her religion
A nun seen in public not wearing the habit, as proscribed by ...
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Did any Muslim majority countries express an official position about the treatment of Muslims in China?
They have not, for two reasons.
One, because China has gone out of their way to court Muslim-majority nations to show them how their Uighur re-education camps aren't as bad as Western nations say. ...
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History or events likely triggering or being used by Koran-burning anti-Muslim groups in Denmark and Sweden?
The applications to the police for permits for demonstrations are public, and the major Swedish newspaper DN managed to find all 10 individuals who have requested a permit for burning religious texts.(...
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"Terrorism has no religion." Why don't Moderate Muslims restrain their Radical counterparts?
I mostly agree with Michael Broughton answer but I would to add an spin about the relationship between the Arab world and the West.
To begin with, at one moment or the other, most of the Muslim ...
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Why is Islamophobia not as demographically widespread in the USA?
There's no definitive or objective answer, but there are several factors:
General attitude around freedom of religion and lack of religious discrimination in USA compared to Europe.
There was far ...
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Why are most Islamic countries less democratic/more corrupt than most Western countries?
First, let's get some insider information from the man on the ground:
I live in Algeria, a North African country. I don't know about the Middle East, but there's no North African islamic government. ...
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What does it mean policywise to "Implement Sharia Law"?
Sharia law is a big and complex subject. A significant number of college students in Saudi Arabia and in Iran, for example, would have it has a college major and pursue graduate studies in it as well. ...
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Why is the political Islam considered bad by some people in the west?
First of all:
"The West" is not a hive-mind. We are talking about dozens of countries with thousands of politicians and hundreds of millions of inhabitants. So stating that "The West&...
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Why do Iran and Saudi Arabia share the same "age of majority"?
Some remarks:
First: It is not "8 for girls, 14 for boys"; It is 9 for girls and 15 for boys (Lunar year).
Second: It is not true that "only Iran and Saudi Arabia use this law", ...
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Why is the modern left defending Islam(ism)?
Your basic premise is flawed. Traditionally the "left" has stood on the side of oppressed minorities and I think this is what this is.
You also have to take history into consideration. After ...
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Why are (proposals for) islamic garment bans focussed on the burqa, when the niqāb is far more common?
The french "ban on burka" is actually a ban on covering one's face in public spaces. It applies equally to burkas, niqabs, masks, scooter helmets etc ... Its application is a different topic. In ...
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History or events likely triggering or being used by Koran-burning anti-Muslim groups in Denmark and Sweden?
Frame challenge: The question asks for specific history or events to have triggered Quran burnings. I don't think any particular events are needed or even related to the recent burnings.
What is ...
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Why is recent international (Europe, N-America, …) Islamist terrorism exclusively perpetrated by Sunnis?
The answer by user4012 is pretty good. I do agree that, while some of the stated religious doctrine may still seem a bit extreme to our western sensibilities, most of the Shia-sponsored terrorism had ...
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What actions have governments critical of Macron's response to the murder of Samuel Paty called for?
Grandstanding is a big part of politics
Making outrageous or impossible demands is a time-honored way to curry favor with the public. Pick some issue near and dear to their hearts, take a hard line ...
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Why do some muslim countries ban polygamy?
In Turkey this was the result of a secularist/Westernizing policy under Ataturk in 1926 and this policy may be poised to change, as the head of state apparently flaunts his violation of this law.
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