You can understand Daniel Pipes : Turkey finds itself facing a novel problem - that of radical Islam !

Submitted by Anne-Marie Delcambre (France), Nov 2, 2009 at 02:09

Tayyip Erdogan said : "freedoms have limits, WHAT IS SACRED SHOULD BE RESPECTED" !
Does Turkey still a western ally ? Daniel Pipes opposed to the application of the Islamic Law ( the Shari'a) watch with dismay as it goes from strenght to strenght in Turkey. He wonders what course to follow :
" What can be done to stop the progress of this medieval legal system so deeply at odds with modern life, one that oppresses women and turns non-Muslims into second-class citizens."
But why Islamic Law poses a problem when modern western societies long ago accomodated Halakha (Jewish law). Daniel Pipes said : "The answer is easy ; A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE SEPARATES THE TWO : ISLAM IS A MISSIONIZING RELIGION , JUDAISM IS NOT.
Islamists aspire to apply Islamic Law to everyone while observant Jews seek only to live by jewish law themselves."
Shariah must be opposed.

Anne- Marie Delcambre, French orientalist ( a written Arabic language teacher / and islamic law scholar) and woman writer

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