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5. As long as states are the hostages of a religion, that religion will not evolve

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 01:04 AM

Dec 2015

And so, for the time being, Islam does not have the incentive of the wall of separation between Church and State. And happily retains its literalism.

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Does supporting the death penalty for adultery and apostasy make someone a "radical"? [View all] FrodosPet Dec 2015 OP

Sounds radical to me GummyBearz Dec 2015 #1

Yes, of course. Nye Bevan Dec 2015 #2

Yes Johnyawl Dec 2015 #3

What part of SheilaT Dec 2015 #4

A majority of Muslims worldwide favors the Sharia (source:Pew poll) Yorktown Dec 2015 #10

Yes and I think most people would agree with that. Rex Dec 2015 #6

Definitely fundy. Jesus Malverde Dec 2015 #7

No, the Pew sample is representative of the Muslim world at large Yorktown Dec 2015 #11

Why do you make unwarranted assumptions without checking first? Yorktown Dec 2015 #13

Islam is a religion of peace Binkie The Clown Dec 2015 #16

Radical relative to what? HickFromTheTick Dec 2015 #17

you need to ask? nt Javaman Dec 2015 #18

I'm afraid I do FrodosPet Dec 2015 #19