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“Sharia creep” gets up and starts walking

February 19, 2009 - 6:10 am - by Roger Kimball
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2009-02-19 12:59:21

Er, Sharia deals with all walks of life. “Sharia-obeying” companies merely means companies that obey Sharia’s business laws, which have nothing to do with its edicts about Jihad.

In the Talmud, some laws deal with slavery, whose legality is taken for granted. Other laws deal with dietary restrictions (which foods are kosher and which are not). Does this mean that US companies producing kosher food is a case of “creeping Jewish theocracy”? Does this mean those who keep kosher support slavery?

Of course not.