If 66% of Egyptians Want Sharia as State Law, is it Undemocratic Not to Allow It?

Emory Law Professor Abdullahi An-Naim answers questions following his lecture at Ohio University, May 2008.
More on Professor An-Naims project, The Future of Shari'a: Secularism from an Islamic Perspective, may be found at sharia.law.emory.edu
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[melionsden]

@extempers and @egyptian

your attacks are pointless, and shows how stupid those institutions you hail from in egypt are. most muslims are sick of doctrines from saudi arabia and egypt (whose intention is to keep the society subjugated).

[BregyptianMuslim]

@extempers not only that but he made two extremely precarious claims;

- that most ordinary egyptians want neither حدود 'hudud' (which is a well-known part of sharia to everyone in egypt) nor want to give up interest-based banking (which a very small proportion of egyptians use because it's interest-based)

- that it is impossible to run an economy without interest and insurance, which leaves one to wonder how the world managed to get on for the many millennia before the british invented them

[extempers]

Excuse me?

This guy has a second class understanding of Islam, let alone Shari'ah.

There's more to being Muslim than wearing a turban