Quote:I think you're well aware of the intent. It is to expose your hypocrisy and sensationalism.
What hypocrisy? I ask you a simple question, like what is the punishment for blasphemy under Islam.
And yes, it is sensational Abu. I don't need to add anything to it - your own words are enough.
Quote:You harp on and on about Islam and it's books, when the holy book of your own background/society fits the criteria much better for what you wish to condemn.
But Abu, I do not condemn your holy book. I condemn you for wanting a return to the barbarity. How is that hypocritical? Trust me, if you rejected Shariah law, I would have nothing to criticise you for. I am not disputing that these things happened in the past in all societies. What I dispute is whether this is something we should seek a return to. I don't know how, but you seem to have missed this point.
Quote:I think you already know it's a capital offense.
Actually, no I did not. Hence the question. This is what I had on the wiki:
Blasphemy/free speech Islam forbids criticism of God, Muhammed or Islam. It also restricts other areas of free speech. Phone sex lines for example would be illegal. Penalty? I have updated the wiki for you:
http://www.ozpolitic.com/wiki/index.php?title=Islam_and_Australian_values#Confli...Thanks again for contributing to the accuracy of the wiki.
Quote:I honestly don't see the attraction in asking the questions over and over?
I think of it as a little victory every time I get a striaght answer from you. If you think this victory is hollow and you had already given the answer, feel free to link us to it so everyone can revel in my ignorance.
Quote:Your pathetic wiki is based on a misguided premise that Islamic laws somehow contradict Australian secular laws.
Values Abu - it's about values. Obviously they are worlds apart from Australian law also.
Quote:As above, so do Biblical laws, doesn't stop the parliament reading Biblical prayers when opening does it?
So long as they don't start stoning people to death and chopping their hands and feet off I think that is pretty harmless. Or is that yet another example of my hypocrisy? Am I wrong to defend civilised society and freedom of speech while not getting wound up over prayers in parliament?
Quote:If you choose not to implement the blasphemy law from the Bible, then it doesn't affect you does it?
Yes it does Abu. It means I am free to say what I want.
Quote:Likewise if you choose not to implement the blasphemy law from the Islamic texts.
Do you honestly think I would change my mind if it was some other religious person on here who wanted the death penalty for blasphemy? You are not making any sense Abu. You still see this whole argument as a battle between Islam and one religion or another, but you have not even figured out what you are up against, and why Shariah law is something that every other religion, every atheist, every agnostic will unite against, not because it is Islam, but because it is barbarity.
Quote:Your feeble attempt to paint some kind of incompatibility here is thrown right back in your face.
So you don't see any incompatibility between the society you grew up in and the death penalty for blasphemy? Why is it so hard for me to believe that you grew up in a typical western community?
Quote:It's based on the delusion that each and every citizen is supposedly required to carry out the punishments of the state, which is just nonsense.
What is based on that Abu? BTW, I agree with you, it is nonsense.