Worshipping the Dark Ages

Ummah Pulse whines about the opposition to sharia in Britain when the Muhammad teddy bear story is discussed.

This was exemplified in this morning's Today programme on BBC Radio 4 when John Humphrys put Massoud Shadjareh of the Islamic Human Rights Commission on the spot and called on him to condemn the stoning of adulterers. This was despite the interview being about the Gillian Gibbons case and in my understanding neither the teacher nor the teddy bear were accused of untoward sexual activity. Unfortunately, Massoud nonetheless felt compelled to renege upon 1400 years of Muslim teachings and denounce stoning as something that the Prophet SAW never commanded.

How revolting.

At this point Ed Husain chipped in with the comment that stoning was indeed carried out by the Prophet SAW but that it is an "outmoded" and "barbaric" practice that should be stopped.

Aren't those scare quotes charming?

So, presumably, he is implying that the Prophet Muhammad's SAW perception of justice was tainted by the barbaric times in which he lived and we can do a better job of fulfilling the "spirit of the shariah" in our enlightened times than the Prophet SAW did.

This is exactly how the average Muslim views time. When we read about a world fourteen hundred years in the past, we see copious amounts of barbarity, cruelty, irrationality and immorality. However, this fellow -- and hundreds of millions like him -- see "perfection." Forget about condemning stoning, this author actually thinks we ought to emulate the lovely "justice."

And once again it is Islam that is the target.

Gee, I wonder why.