At 02:49 PM 11/25/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote:
>> What percentage of muslims advocate theocracy? None of the ones I've
>> run into (admittedly, a very small sample) were interested in such.
>
>It's an islamic teaching. Wherever the evil of islam has gained a
>toehold, islamic shariah has sprung up and enslaved the people.
This is utterly false, and another example of the evils of stereotyping.
What percent of Muslim people do you currently think live under Sharia?
As a hint, Turkey, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh and Malaysia have aronud
40% of the world's Muslims between them alone.
JDG
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