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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

The True Sharia in the Qur'an

The word Sharia means "path." A Muslim can easily tell what

"path" to follow by looking at the Qur'an. Few things are unlawful in
the Qur'an, and these are made clear with explicit prohibitions. They
are not open to discussion or interpretation. For example, killing, adul-
tery, earning interest, eating pork or drinking blood are all unlawful
actions revealed in verses of the Qur'an in definitive terms. This is one
important characteristic of the Qur'an. People who aim to come up with

prohibitions by interpreting verses in the light of their own desires
always produce their own deductions from them. Yet God prohibits
what is unlawful with definitive pronouncements, as in this verse:

He has only forbidden you carrion, blood and pork and what has
been consecrated to other than God. (Qur'an, 2:173)

God reveals in the Qur'an that there will be people who fabricate
what is lawful or prohibited in the name of Islam:

Do not say about what your lying tongues describe: "This is lawful
and this is unlawful," inventing lies against God. Those who invent
lies against God are not successful. (Qur'an, 16: 116)
Following the time of our Prophet (pbuh), numerous communities

emerged who invented lies against God. These communities made
things forbidden or lawful with no regard for the Qur'an. However,
there are some communities whose characteristics God particularly
emphasizes: "They make unlawful the good things made lawful." Our
Lord says in the Qur'an:

You who believe! Do not make unlawful the good things God has
made lawful for you, and do not overstep the limits. God does not
love people who overstep the limits. (Qur'an, 5:87)

In examining the system of savagery applied under the name of
Sharia, yet which is completely incompatible with Islam, we shall be

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