If you think Sharia law is purely religious than you're an idiot and should actually do some fucking research before you try to use it to support your arguments. People call Sharia religious, but even as a purely Muslim practice it is heavily derived from Arabic culture, and in the international places where it is applied it is influenced nearly as much by local culture as by the written Koran and Sunnah. In fact many 'Sharia' laws are sexist or abusive to extents directly contradicted by the Koran, and others simply have little to know textual basis.
Also, tribalism in Africa and the Middle East is linked to religion. The fact that tribal religious worship has been mostly overwhelmed by monotheism does not change the fact that it existed and still has a huge impact on the cultural evolution of those peoples.
Seriously, you can't argue religion and culture are wholly separate things. It just doesn't fucking work.
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(Anonymous) 2009-05-17 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)Also, tribalism in Africa and the Middle East is linked to religion. The fact that tribal religious worship has been mostly overwhelmed by monotheism does not change the fact that it existed and still has a huge impact on the cultural evolution of those peoples.
Seriously, you can't argue religion and culture are wholly separate things. It just doesn't fucking work.