Islam's social contracts are amazingly nefarious

Submitted by Prashant (United States), May 12, 2013 at 10:33

Dear Dr Pipes,

Even if we ignore the killings that are done by free lance soldiers/citizens in the name of Islam, Islam's social contracts are amazingly nefarious. Recently a convicted drug smuggler sentenced for life in Dubai was freed much sooner than the end of his sentence because he converted to Islam in the jail and became a "devout muslim". Let me remind all the readers that today we are living in the 21st century.

In which other country of the world such a deal can be legally done? If our liberal media starts judging Islamic nations with a fair scale, these nations do not have a chance at getting any respectable mention in the modern community of nations.

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