Argumentative Essay On Sharia Law

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As Americans lay their heads to rest every night, most know that their basic human rights will be granted to them in the morning. Unlike other countries, America is a place where the government is "of the people, by the people, and for the people". That means that the American citizens vote for the people they want to put into office and for some laws that will be passed; however, some people of other countries, Like Saudi Arabia, do not have that luxury and have to submit to punishments of stoning, floggings, etc. People, especially women, are subjected by extremely strict codes of Islam: Sharia law (or just Sharia). "In 1975 only one country 's legal system was based on the Islamic Sharia religious code ***: Saudi Arabia" (274) Carmen bin Laden said in "Postscript" to My Life in Saudi Arabia. Since then, many countries …show more content…

Lastly, Sharia law cannot coexist with a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" because it would violate the American Constitution. One of the first things that the Constitution grants its American citizens is free speech; this means that people can say whatever they want. However, Sharia law does not grant such a luxury. It is against the code to "[criticize] or [deny] any part of Quran". If anyone under Sharia law violates said code, the punishment is death. Such a code could not exist in America. Feelings might be hurt and offenses might be made, but at the end of the day, no individual that freely speaks their mind will be stoned for doing so. Another code that could not coexist with the American government would be" "A Muslim who becomes a non-Muslim is punishable by death". This law could not be put into affect because people have the right to choose any or no religion that they want. In a land that houses so many different people, practicing different religions, from all around the world, such a law would be impossible to pass. Sharia law could not coexist with the Ameican government based on Constitutional

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