Quite Often we see Non Muslims question Muslims about their preference or liking of the Islamic Shar`iah law. On One hand some are amazed whereas on others some try to debunk and find flaws in the Islamic laws.
Most of the time they base their study on what the verdict of the executioners (Such as Muslim courts) rather than the actual original Islamic law itself and due to this they , due to their lack of study, comprehension and justice perceieve the shar`iah to be flawed. This is a lengthy debate and this is not the place for it. However, i have taken this initiative so as show that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others.
The very champions and cheer leaders of man made laws who ridicule divine law fail to see through the absurdity of their own ilk. Below is a collection of "SOME" laws which would boggle one's mind and baffle his senses to think "what on earth were these 'great lawmakers' thinking" And do not forget to read the conclusion please !
Some of the Worlds Absurd Man Made Laws
United States of America
1) In Nevada, It Is Illegal For A Man To Buy Drinks For More
Than Three People At A Time. Better cancel that orgy you had planned...or that
night out with friends
2) In New Jersey, Once Convicted Of Drunk Driving You May Never Again Have Personalized Plates
We think it would be a better law to FORCE drunk drivers to
get vanity plates, so you'd know to avoid them. But how does “this law” help?
3) In Connecticut, A Pickle Is Not Officially A Pickle
Unless It Bounces. So if it doesn't bounce, do you have to call it a
vinegar-soaked-cucumber?
4) In Michigan, Anyone Over Age 12 May Own A Hand Gun As Long As He/She Has Not Committed A Felony
4) In Michigan, Anyone Over Age 12 May Own A Hand Gun As Long As He/She Has Not Committed A Felony
That's funny, you'd think the only 12 year-olds who'd want
hand guns are the ones who have committed felonies. Also these are very old
laws which clearly show how at one period of time, unlike today, the kids grew
up faster or machoer if you want to call it. So “doubting” how The companions
of the Prophet or Muslims used to go out to war at the age of 14 is really
ignorant, considering how widespread and totally “cool” it was back then in
those era.
5) In Idaho, It Is Illegal For A Man To Give His Sweetheart A Box Of Candy Weighing More Than 50 lbs
5) In Idaho, It Is Illegal For A Man To Give His Sweetheart A Box Of Candy Weighing More Than 50 lbs
6) In Ohio, It Is Illegal To Get A Fish Drunk
7) Oklahoma §21‑779. Imputing unchastity to females ‑ Penalty.
7) Oklahoma §21‑779. Imputing unchastity to females ‑ Penalty.
If any person shall orally or otherwise, falsely and
maliciously or falsely and wantonly impute to any female, married or unmarried,
a want of chastity, he shall be deemed guilty of slander, and upon conviction
shall be fined not less than Twenty‑five Dollars ($25.00) nor more
than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not
less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
[Ref: http://www.oklegislature.gov/osstatuestitle.html ]
[Ref: http://www.oklegislature.gov/osstatuestitle.html ]
and there are much much more. Some of which are so ridiculous that you can’t help but feel ashamed of consenting with such laws
8) In Mississippi staying jobless or idle is a crime.
The following persons
are and shall be punished as vagrants, viz.:
(a) Persons known as tramps, wandering or strolling about in
idleness, who are able to work and have no property to support them. […]
(d) All able-bodied persons who habitually loaf, loiter and
idle in the cities, towns, and
villages, or about steamboat landings or
railroad stations or any other public place in the
state, for the larger
portion of their time, without any regular employment and without any visible
means of support. […]
9) In Florida :
798.01 Living in open adultery.—Whoever lives in an open state of adultery shall be guilty of a misdemeanor […]
798.01 Living in open adultery.—Whoever lives in an open state of adultery shall be guilty of a misdemeanor […]
10) In Kentucky you can’t work on Sundays
436.160 Working on Sunday — Work of necessity or charity, athletic games and certain businesses and employers excluded — Penalty.
436.160 Working on Sunday — Work of necessity or charity, athletic games and certain businesses and employers excluded — Penalty.
Any person who works
on Sunday at his own or at any other occupation or employs any other person, in
labor or other business, whether for profit or amusement […] shall be fined not
less than two dollars ($2) nor more than fifty dollars ($50). The employment of
every person employed in violation of this subsection shall be deemed a
separate offense.
11) In Illinois you can’t commit Fornication
Sec. 11-40. Fornication.
Sec. 11-40. Fornication.
(a) A person commits fornication when he or she knowingly
has sexual intercourse with another not his or her spouse if the behavior is
open and notorious. […]
(b) Sentence.
Fornication is a Class B misdemeanor.
Source : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/17-ridiculous-laws-still_n_481379.html
Source : http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/17-ridiculous-laws-still_n_481379.html
Australia
:
12) Children may not
purchase cigarettes, but can smoke them.
13) It is illegal to
roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on
your face as these items are the tools of a cat burglar.
THAILAND
14) It is illegal to leave your house if you are not wearing
underwear.
15) You must pay a fine of $600 in Thailand if you're caught throwing away chewed bubblegum on the sidewalk. If you do not pay the fine, you are jailed.
15) You must pay a fine of $600 in Thailand if you're caught throwing away chewed bubblegum on the sidewalk. If you do not pay the fine, you are jailed.
Here, let me make it easy to read and just list all of them mixed up for a
quick read.
1. In seven U.S. states, according to their
constitutions, atheists are barred from holding public office.
2. Sodomy is illegal, in general, in Idaho, Utah,
Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Louisiana. In these states, sodomy is only illegal for
homosexuals: Montana, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Oral sex is often considered
sodomy by many states, according to the Hebrew Bible. Except strangely, you
don’t see people as equally outraged about this as they are about gay sex.
3. Interracial marriage
was still illegal in Alabama in 2000.
See ISLAM Abolishing racism 14 centuries ago: http://the-finalrevelation.blogspot.com/2012/12/no-racism-in-islam.html
4. Not until
2008 did the UN Security Council pass UN Security Council Resolution No. 1820
which declared rape and other forms of sexual violence a war crime, a crime
against humanity, and a constitutive act with respect to genocide, arising from
the conflict in the Balkans, in which violating women became an conspicuous
weapon in the war.
Islam considered this a punishable crime for many reasons including "violating" a woman's honour 14 centuries ago.
5. Since 1986,
US authorities have had the legal right to access any 180-day old email,
without a warrant.
6. In Mobile,
Alabama, it is against the law to throw confetti or spray silly string.
10. In 29 states in the US it is legal to fire
someone for being gay.
11. In Greece,
police are allowed to arrest anyone suspected of having HIV. Police are also
allowed to force HIV testing, to publicize the names of HIV-positive people and
to have them evicted from their homes.
12. In the
Philippines you can be charged with the crime of “unjust vexation” for doing
just that, vexing someone. And yes, it is as vague and arbitrary as it sounds.
13. The only two
states where divorce is illegal are the Philippines and The Vatican.
14. In Thailand
it is illegal to step on money.
15. In
Singapore, selling non-medical chewing gum or chewing normal gum is a fine of
$1000. A second offense costs $2000 and being forced to clean a public area of
the city for a day. If a person litters three times, they must clean the
streets wearing a bib that reads “I’m a litterer.” Even pharmacists who sell
the medical gum and forget to ID get two years in jail. Spitting is also
illegal and can result in arrest.
16. In
July 2013 a law was passed in China that states it is illegal for adult
children to not visit their parents “often” in China. They are also required to
attend to their parent’s spiritual needs.
[Note: Islam came up with this 14 centuries ago urging,
recommending and also enlisting
the consequences of being disrespectful or
negligent towards your parents, See this : http://the-finalrevelation.blogspot.com/2012/10/obligation-of-upholding-ties-of-family.html]
17. There is a law in South Carolina called the no
“mock proposal” law, which states that anybody above the age of 16-years-old is
not allowed to perform a proposal if they do not mean it.
18. In Montana,
“proxy weddings” are allowed for those serving in the military, which means a
friend can pretend to be the groom or the bride and the union will still be
considered valid. In some cases both the bride and the groom are absent.
19. In Arkansas
there still exists a law that was instated in the 1800s that states a husband
is allowed to beat his wife, but only once a month.
20. In Rhode
Island, a union can be considered invalid under the grounds that the party is
deemed to be, collectively, an idiot or a lunatic.
22. In Iowa, it is illegal for a man with a mustache
to kiss a woman in public.
23. In
Massachusetts it is deemed illegal for a woman to be on top during sex.
24. It is also
apparently illegal in Massachusetts for a man and a woman who rent a room for
the night to sleep in the nude.
25. In Virginia,
it is illegal for a man to kick a woman out of bed.
26. In Britain
it is illegal to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances.
27. In Vermont,
a wife needs the husband’s permission to wear false teeth.
28. In North
Carolina couples must have sex in the missionary position and with the
curtains
pulled.
29. In Britain,
it is illegal to import potatoes into England or Wales if you have reasonable
cause to believe that they are Polish.
32. In Britain you are not allowed to let your pet
mate with any pet form the royal house.
33. In Utah, a
husband is responsible for his wife’s actions as long as he is with her at the
time of her “actions.”
34. In Kentucky,
a woman cannot remarry the same man more than three times.
35. In parts of
India, a man who is in debt can offer up his wife until the debt is paid.
36. In Greece,
if anyone wants to get married, the law requires those to publish their wedding
notice in a newspaper (written in Greek) or on the City Hall notice board.
37. In
France, you can legally marry a dead person as long as preliminary civic
formalities have been completed which show that you and your fiancee had
planned to marry before
your fiancee died.
In December 1959, when the Malpasset Dam burst in
southern France, Charles de Gaulle drafted a law which would allow a widow to
marry her dead husband. It is now possible in France to apply for post-mortem matrimony.
38. In Britain, it is illegal to carry a plank along
the pavement.
39. In Hong
Kong, there’s a law that allows a wife to kill her husband if she finds him
cheating. However, she must kill him with her bare hands.
41. In Pennsylvania, it is illegal to tie a dollar
bill to a string on the ground and pull it away when someone tries to pick it
up.
43. In Florida, it’s illegal to fart in a public
place after 6pm on a Thursday.
44. In England
it is illegal to die in the House Of Parliament, but something tells me that if
someone did do this, they wouldn’t face many repercussions?
45. By law, any
whale or great Sturgeon caught in the UK is the property of the Queen.
46. In Samoa it
is illegal to forget your wife’s birthday.
47. In Britain,
oddly enough it is illegal to be drunk in the pub.
48. In Missouri
it is illegal to drive with an uncaged bear
49. In Turin,
Italy, dog owners must take their dogs on a walk at least three times a day.
50. In Honolulu,
Hawaii it is illegal to sing loudly after sunset.
51. In Sweden it
is illegal to be found buying the services of a prostitute, even though
prostitution is legal. Which means the prostitutes themselves would not be
breaking the law. In the past few years Iceland and Norway have also adopted
this law.
52. In Victoria,
Australia, it is illegal to change a light bulb unless you’re a licensed
electrician.
53. In the UK, a
law still exists from the Middle Ages that requires all males over the age
of
14 to be trained in shooting a long bow.
55. In Australia, men are free to cross-dress, just as long as their dresses are not strapless.
56. In Florida it is illegal for a divorced or a
widowed woman to skydive on a Sunday afternoon.
57. In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush a toilet
after 10pm. This one confounds me.
58. In Canada, any comic book that portrays illegal
activity is banned.
59. In Argentina, there is a law that states that
Argentine nightclubs must play the same amount of tango music as all other
forms of music combined.
60. In China, it is a law that a person must be
intelligent to go to college.
61. Married New Yorkers cannot get divorced on
grounds of irreconcilable differences
unless both marriage partners agree on
those grounds.
62. In Tennessee it is legal to carry a loaded
firearm into a bar. Seems safe.
63. In Norway, there is a law that protects all
female dogs and cats from being spayed. Only male dogs and cats can be
neutered. Also, an ancient Norwegian law still still exists that obliges all
Norwegians to go out on expeditions to rape and plunder at least once every
five years.
64. In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon.
Apparently this is a slight to the great French general and emperor.
65. In Britain it is an act of treason to place a
postage stamp bearing the monarch’s head upside down on an envelope.
66. In Russia, Vladimir Putin just recently made it
illegal to tell kids that gay people exist.
67. In Colorado it is illegal to collect rainwater.
Apparently farmers and landowners are
being punished for this.
There are much more absurd laws internationally – thanks to Democratic superiority (as per some) – See : http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/international/israel
Also see : http://www.vimbly.com/blog/new-yorks-27-weirdest-laws/
Also i haven't added the laws that stem from social and cultural practises of pagans in various regions such as Asia and etc. Some of the laws or customs are so evil such as the indian sati system which makes one think " how can man be given such superiority over God after this is what the best and learned of Men come up with"
Conclusion:
As Muslims we believe that the one who created us knows best and better to what is befitting us and our society. In some of our previous articles we have shown how Islam acts a solution for prevalent social problems such as
1) Solution 1 - The Islamic perspective on racism
2) Solution 2 - Islamic solution to the ill effects of Alcohol
3) Solution 3 - Islamic solution to dowry system
So the Islamic shar`iah is the laws the creator Allah has put forward for it's creation. Just like how the inventor of say a car would know better it's functionalities, it's weakness and what's good for it and what's not , similarly the creator knows what is best for us.
A second major problem these "absurd" Man made laws and perceptions bring about is oppression and injustice. We see human rights campaign and organizations often challenging the judicial systems of various countries under the pretext of such and such rights. To be honest there wouldn't be a need for it if the laws of God were followed.
How many movies have been produced to show the unjust judicial system? Also how many times what is morally wrong is considered as lawfully right by these man made laws?
Moreover, the most recent example of how man made laws go wrong is this :
http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/06/meet-the-fisherman-who-faces-20-years-in-prison-for-losing-three-fish/
See :
(i) The Innocence project : http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/DNA_Exonerations_Nationwide.php
(ii) 10,000 INNOCENT PEOPLE CONVICTED EACH YEAR, STUDY ESTIMATES : http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/ronhuff.htm
(iii) Many Prisoners on Death Row are Wrongfully Convicted :http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/many-prisoners-on-death-row-are-wrongfully-convicted/
(iv) How Many People Are Wrongly Convicted? Researchers Do the Math : http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/04/28/how-many-people-are-wrongly-convicted-researchers-do-the-math/
(v) More than 2,000 wrongfully convicted people exonerated in 23 years, researchers say : http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/21/more-than-2000-wrongfully-convicted-people-exonerated-in-23-years-researchers-say/
Learn about Islam, with an open mind under it's experts and not those who are partial, biased or selective ; contemplate with justice and wisdom ; and then hold a position to comment.
See the book by Evan Whitton :" Our Corrupt Legal System: Why Everyone is a Victim (except the rich)"
The subject is so deep that it takes more than a life time for an Islamic scholar to fully be an expert or hold expertise on Islamic laws and sciences. One short example, the shortest is this Book : http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/Kitab%20al-Siyar%20as-Saghir.pdf
Every Islamic law is based on the speech of Allah (Qur`an) the prophetic traditions and other legal and valid tools which the scholars are permitted to use. Read it and see for yourself how they are devised or displayed.
This is ...Why the Shar`iah !
