Chutzpah of Jordan’s Shariah Courts
I don’t even know how to write about this. My mind is just spinning at the implications.
A Jordanian court has subpoenaed 12 European citizens to appear on charges of blasphemy. Geert Wilders is sought due to his anti-Islamic film Fitna. Republishing the infamous Mohammed cartoons was cited in subpoenas of newspaper editors.
Citizens of European countries acting in those countries are now targets of a Middle Eastern country. If they don’t appear before the court, arrest warrants will be issued.
In what parallel universe does Jordan exist? I thought that they were supposed to be one of the more reasonable countries in the Middle East. Apparently not.
Can a Canadian charge a Jordanian citizen for anti-semitic “push Israel into the sea” remarks? Of course not and that’s the way it should be. Laws of one country don’t apply in a completely different country. If Jordan wants to live under an arcane, medieval system of law, that’s their choice. And if something offends them, I suggest that they stop looking at it or listening to it. In the West, we value freedom of speech and trying to silence us typically just makes us speak louder and longer.
Jordan is providing yet another example of what is wrong with sharia law systems.
Indeed, what is wrong with the middle-east in general.
What’s wrong with the Middle East is a 7th century mentality with 21st century technology (sometimes). It doesn’t help that they view Shariah Law as some international law everyone needs to follow or we get our heads cut off.