You mean the last of the Prophets (pbuh) did not get The Word from Gabriel that there would one day be something called “electricity,” which would sometimes travel through strands of wire enclosed in a dielectric known as “cords,” that would be just perfect for enforcing the modesty required of women, by being applied in a whiplike manner against any flesh revealed by the swish of a skirt?
I don’t believe it.

No you can’t. If one wants to oppose Shariah, or even speak about it intelligently, one should understand the general concepts of it. Even if you just want to hit on the more sensational points, you need to get them right. There is also, unfortunately, the issue of being fair and accurate in criticism. Sometimes, crazy Muslims do things that transgress Shariah – like the Taleban whipping women with electrical cords on their ankles in the streets. There’s nothing in Islamic law that allows this.

You’ll find no one drunken or rowdy
In the streets on the weekend in Singapore either, though they dont have sharia, they have strict punishments for vandalism and even littering on the streets… seems to be working though… wish i could implement such a control here… after all there should be some value given for social pressure…

This led to today`s society with panties-obsessed pervert, men-only/women-only hot spring, women-only wagon in the train ( to avoid pervert groping them during rush hour ).

Just my two cents.

Introduced the wrong ideas and you get the wrong results…
If everybody was a bit more open on nude body / men/women differences,
maybe we`ll get less perverts and more healthy people.

Which is why I’m much more careful nowadays.

btw I think the cartoon is supposed to be Mo walking home late at night, alone, extolling the virtues of sharia to any would be muggers.

For the sake of equality I feel I should point out that any man walking around with his penis hanging out/only partially obscured etc or his ass cheeks on display (i.e thong) or whatever is also going to get a few stares.

oh wait. no i don’t. i don’t think any of you have ever been to taliban country (Pakistan’s NWFP). everyone walks around with rifles and if you even look at a woman (even while in burqa), her husband will likely shoot you dead on the spot. Peshawer has been tamed up quite a bit under Prez. Musharraf.

as for the specifics about sharia and whatever, stoning, etc. i’m assuming everyone can work wikipedia…