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it's obvious you think religion is a thing of the past by your post, specifically this strict sharia law.

let me just throw you a quick curveball, let's say that someone close to you was violently ravaged and killed and the person responsible was arrested and charged with the crime.

Would you be fine with Western Law and it's due process that would probably give the person guilty 30 years with parole eligibility within 20 on good behaviour ....

or would you wanna Sharia law that bastard, because according to that law, it's within your hands and up to the family members what punishment the guilty is to receive. You can choose the guilty's death, or you can choose lifetime jail, it's all up to you. But the reward for forgiveness and allowing the person to live as opposed to choosing death for him carries great reward in God's eyes according to their beliefs.

so just by that little example you might be able to get a glimpse of the intricacies of their laws and customs, and you'd find out they make a lotta sense. But yea they are still very strict I agree with you on that.

matter a fact I read an article the other month where a Canadian soldier was killed in Afghanistan. The person who killed her was sentenced to death according to their law, and the brother of the soldier told the local media said he was glad that the trial took place over there because he received the right punishment.