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**Weislenalkata** · 08-13-2011, 02:47 AM

CAIRO — To Sheik Abdel Moneim el-Shahat, the Muslim Brotherhood’s call to apply only the broad principles of Islamic law allows too much freedom.

Andrea Bruce for The New York Times
Sheik Abdel Moneim el-Shahat, a leader of the ultraconservative Salafi movement, has called for stricter use of Islamic law.
Sheik Shahat is a leader of the ultraconservative Islamists known as Salafis, whose coalition of parties is running second behind the Brotherhood party in the early returns of Egypt’s parliamentary elections. He and his allies are demanding strict prohibitions against interest-bearing loans, alcohol and “fornication,” with traditional Islamic corporal punishment like stoning for adultery.

“I want to say: citizenship restricted by Islamic Shariah, freedom restricted by Islamic Shariah, equality restricted by Islamic Shariah,” he said in a public debate. “Shariah is obligatory, not just the principles — freedom and justice and all that.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/wo...spotlight.html

Interesting. Sounds like a pretty similar hard line approach some of our own political parties take. Just replace a "Islamic" with Right Wing or Christian and "interest bearing loans, alchohol and fornication" with increased taxes, drugs and abortion.

08-13-2011, 02:47 AM	#12
Weislenalkata Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	CAIRO — To Sheik Abdel Moneim el-Shahat, the Muslim Brotherhood’s call to apply only the broad principles of Islamic law allows too much freedom. Andrea Bruce for The New York Times Sheik Abdel Moneim el-Shahat, a leader of the ultraconservative Salafi movement, has called for stricter use of Islamic law. Sheik Shahat is a leader of the ultraconservative Islamists known as Salafis, whose coalition of parties is running second behind the Brotherhood party in the early returns of Egypt’s parliamentary elections. He and his allies are demanding strict prohibitions against interest-bearing loans, alcohol and “fornication,” with traditional Islamic corporal punishment like stoning for adultery. “I want to say: citizenship restricted by Islamic Shariah, freedom restricted by Islamic Shariah, equality restricted by Islamic Shariah,” he said in a public debate. “Shariah is obligatory, not just the principles — freedom and justice and all that.” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/wo...spotlight.html Interesting. Sounds like a pretty similar hard line approach some of our own political parties take. Just replace a "Islamic" with Right Wing or Christian and "interest bearing loans, alchohol and fornication" with increased taxes, drugs and abortion.
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