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Sharia Law Discriminates by Race, Religion, Gender, and More
Fundamental to most religions is the concept that God created all people equally. The Quran confirms this in Surah 49:13 – “We have created you of a male and a female, and made you tribes and families that you may know each other.” However, the ideology of Islam and the resulting Sharia Law quickly evolved into a dualistic view of mankind which was filled with contempt for “the other.” Islam discriminates on the basis of race, religion, gender, and other distinctions of mankind.
Other religions that arose after Christianity have been forced to address this problem. The Mormon religious ideology was unacceptable in the U.S. until it abandoned its endorsement of polygamy and slavery. Statehood for Utah was held up for 47 years pending revisions to the Mormon ideology. Later, when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race, the Mormon Church had to change its doctrine once again to allow African-Americans into the priesthood. Unfortunately, the discrimination engrained in Islamic ideology for 1,400 years has little hope of being eliminated.
One hundred and fifty years ago, Americans fought a civil war costing over one million casualties to establish once and for all the equality of all citizens. The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was enacted in 1868 to provide all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” Sharia Law denies equal protection of the laws to Muslims as well as to non-Muslims. This is the most intractable problem with Islamic religious law.
Racial Discrimination:
A non-Arab is unsuitable as a husband for an Arab woman because Muhammad said, “Allah has
chosen the Arabs above others.” (m4.2(1))
A Caliph must be a member of the Arab Quraysh tribe (o25.3(e))
Religious Discrimination:
It is not lawful for a Muslim woman to marry anyone besides a Muslim (m6.7)
It is unlawful for a Muslim man to marry a Zoroastrian, an idol worshipper, or an apostate from Islam
(m6.7)
Indemnity paid for death or injury to a Jew or a Christian is one-third that of a Muslim (o4.9)
Indemnity paid for death or injury to a Zoroastrian is one-fifteenth that of a Muslim (o4.9)
It is unlawful to eat meat slaughtered by a Zoroastrian, an apostate, or a Christian of the desert tribes
(j17.2)
A Muslim may not endow property or the benefit of a church or the printing of Bibles (k30.6(6))
A non-Muslim may not enter the Meccan Sacred Precinct under any circumstances, or enter any other
mosque without permission. (o11.7)
Gender Discrimination:
Indemnity paid for death or injury to a woman is one-half that of a male (o4.9)
The inheritance of a woman is one-half that of a male heir (L6.7)
The testimony of a woman is one-half that of a male (o24.7(2))
Only men may have multiple spouses and divorce them at will (m6.10 and n1.1)
Class Discrimination:
A man of a lowly profession is not suitable for the daughter of someone with a higher profession (m4.2
(3))
An Islamic scholar is a suitable match for a woman of any social class (m4.2(3))
Legal testimony is not acceptable from low-class people such as a street-sweeper or a bathhouse
attendant (o24.3(3))
Slavery is ordained by the Quran (Surah 33:50) as well as Sharia Law. The Reliance of the Traveler
section on slavery (k32.0) was not translated into English due to its distasteful content. The value of a
slave is equivalent to about 5 liters of grain. (o20.2) Male slaves must be eunuchs to work inside the
household.
If a married woman or child is captured, they become slaves, and the woman’s previous marriage is
immediately annulled (o9.13).
Chastity Discrimination:
If a bride is a virgin, she can be married to someone without her permission. “A virgin’s silence is
considered as permission.” (m3.13)
Discrimination in Legal Testimony:
Muslim litigants are given better seats than non-Muslims in Islamic courts (o22.12)
Cases involving sexual crimes require four male witnesses (o24.9)
Testimony is unacceptable if the person is not a Muslim or has committed an “enormity” or persists in
a “lesser sin.” (o24.2 and o24.3)
These Sharia provisions are abhorrent to Americans’ sense of equal protection of the law and human rights
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