Half of all British Muslims think homosexuality should be illegal, poll finds - a response
I found this a really interesting article , both for what it said about the research in general, and what the writer chose to highlight and whose response they chose the place at the top. It was the sensationalising of all this that really interests me, and then the reactions to that on Facebook. My initial reaction was very similar to one of the comments in the second half of the article…”Shaista Gohir, the chair of the Muslim Women’s Network UK, said interviews with other religious groups such as devout Jews and Christians would probably reveal similar social attitudes to those thrown up by the polling.” Indeed. And in fact that would include the attitudes to violence. So here is my take on this. First, Sharia Law – which seems to freak a lot of people out. A Muslim is someone who by definition has submitted their will to the will of God. How do you know the will of God? Sharia law. There are a couple of issues about this. One is that we in the West understand that everyon...