Strong Support For Shariah Law

[jumpingjackflash]

Now this is scary shit!

 

[Jesus Quintana]

If that is in fact true then those 65% who want Sharia Law need to go back to where it's practiced.

 

[tboy]

I will say this: we'd better be careful. With only a 47% turnout for the last election if every muslim votes for a pro-muslim politician, they could very well get their laws here......

I hope that phone study kept track of the numbers of those that said they wouldn't refute al queda. It'd make it so much easier for our security forces to find them......

 

[Marlboro Man]

Another useless survey. Right, we will put up with it :???:

 

[Art Mann]

The survey involved phone interviews with 455 Muslims in Ottawa.

Which of course accurately represents the feelings of hundreds of thousands of Muslims coast to coast.

 

[tboy]

Which of course accurately represents the feelings of hundreds of thousands of Muslims coast to coast.

I'm not sure what the cutoff number is but according to statistical analysis you only need to survey a certain number of individuals of a certain group to get an accurate cross section.

For eg: if you want to know what the most popular kind of feed a chicken farmer would use, you don't have to survey all chicken farmers, just a certain number. If you did survey all of them, your data may be off 1 or 2 points but the results would be basically the same (or very similar).

Especially so when the numbers are pretty great. 65/35 is a pretty big difference. You might get 60/40 or 70/30 if you surveyed all, but you certainly wouldn't get 90/10 or 80/20. The results just wouldn't change that much.

 

[Swagger]

Now what, we send them all back?. Obviously we can't but this has me worried.

 

[tboy]

Now what, we send them all back?. Obviously we can't but this has me worried.

I wouldn't say "send them ALL back" but I would revoke citizenship for those that refused to refute al queda.....if I were in the RCMP I'd be in court before a judge right now to get a court order for the poll takers to release the phone numbers of those 35%.......

 

[jumpingjackflash]

I will say this: we'd better be careful. With only a 47% turnout for the last election if every muslim votes for a pro-muslim politician, they could very well get their laws here......
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Exactly and this is what really scares me the most.

 

[a 1 player]

in 1988 (or so), Frank Zappa played a series of concerts called 'Broadway the Hard Way', in which most of the songs were about the upcoming political election. This one is about the religious influence in politics, (especially Pat Roberston) who made a run for president. I think it is worth a listen to, as it is stated in such an eloquent manner, in a way only Zappa can do.

 

[LickingGravity]

I say we kill two birds with one stone (so to speak) just require all future muslim immigrants to settle in Quebec and just stand back and see what happens :bad:

 

[tboy]

I wouldn't say all muslims, most are kind, considerate, and friendly people. It's the vocal majority that gives them all a bad name....kind of like just about any other religion...it's the zealots who ruin it for everyone.

 

[blackram]

Now this is scary shit!

It's only scary because it was meant to be scary, that's how you sell newspapers (less and less every year). Look at the source, The Sun. Lots of vague survey questions without much explanation of what the actual questions were. For example, what does "support for Al-Qaida" mean? Does it mean support of their terrorist goals (i.e. killing people, most of whom have been other Muslims), or their political objectives (getting the United States to stop interfering in the domestic affairs of other countries)? If it's the terrorist goals, then I'm sure there's not much support for it. If it's getting the US to stop interfering, I'd dare say there would be more support for that objective amongst Christians and atheists alike than just among Muslims.

As for the support for "Sharia Law", it's a broad subject. It has codes for everything from property divisions after a divorce to estate planning. People concentrate on the punishments aspect mostly; but similar laws were around in England during the times of The English Common Law, or in France during the times of its Civil Law, upon which most of Canada's laws are based. Again, The Sun gives no real information about what there is specific support for here.

Chalk it up to sensationalism.