**The Russian and Thai Muslims were asked if Sharia should be the law of the land only in Muslim areas. For Thailand a further data point is that only the Muslims in the Five Southern Provinces were interviewed.
Please note that the poll is from 2013. Also something to consider is that Sharia doesn’t have a single universal interpretation and many cultures and people interpret the requirements differently. For example in Balkan, Turkic and Russian muslims supporting Sharia those supporting stoning as punishment for adultery varies between 1/5th and 1/3rd, while in Pakistan and Afghanistan close to 90% support the practicing of stoning. Another example is death as punishment for leaving Islam, in a similar vein Balkan, Russian, Indonesian and Turkic muslims supporting Sharia are all under 1/5th in support of the practice, while more than 80% of Egyptian and Jordanian muslims supporting sharia support the practice.
ThebausffsOfficial on
How are they muslim if they dont support sharia? They reject their holy book?
Background-Simple402 on
lot of Muslims think sharia = fair and quick justice and no corruption in government
they don’t associate it with “using courts and police to force everyone in the country to be religious Muslims” like it’s often presented
fekanix on
I wonder what the percentages would be if they asked “western” countries if they would want to be ruled under christian law?
Woofie10 on
I wonder how much the support for sharia in the UK, Sweden and Germany
ye_loo on
i am really surprised by turkey though…
niemody on
And now the countries in Europe please. (France, U. K., Germany Belgium, Sweden, etc.)
exohugh on
r/MapsThatShouldHaveContinousColorPalettes
AnassBoumarag on
I feel most of them said yes out of perceived social pressure or ignorance of what Sharia law really is like, the majority of Muslims are moderate and dislike Salafism, especially in North Africa following the Maliki school
TagaiKan on
Turkic traditional values are not matching with Islam. That’s why Turkic countries have those lowest values. I’m even surprised that Kyrgyzstan got %35. As many Turks say, if you explain Islam as it is and make Turks live by it, Turks will leave Islam.
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chrstianelson on
Generally speaking, there seems to be a correlation between extreme corruption & political instability and a desire for Sharia law.
Not that surprising.
ThisBell6246 on
Just imagine Nigeria having sharia law. 97% of the population would walk around with some limbs missing for all the crimes they commit! I can see enjoying 419 scammers to have their troublesome limbs removed.
Individual_Macaron69 on
that’s the interesting thing… more sharia control, less ability to accurately gauge the support of people living under it for sharia.
I would also be surprised if the understanding of sharia law was identical in Malaysia and Afghanistan… I am guessing that like all religious people, “sharia supporters” will cherry pick the parts they like or don’t like, for good and bad.
BATMAN_UTILITY_BELT on
I’m surprised it’s this low. According to Islam, Sharia is handed down from God and is considered to be the perfect legal system. Why wouldn’t Muslims prefer that over legal systems designed by humans?
Islam is not just a religion. It is a legal system and political system as well.
FingalForever on
Given the lack of a source and the controversial nature of the headline, I have to assume this is made up, otherwise requesting a proper legend next attempt.
The-Iraqi-Guy on
Some people who want to implement the Sharia think that it is absolutely necessary that it is applied EXACTLY as it were in the time of the Prophet and the Rashidun Caliphs.
the thing is though that there is a lot of room to change some things and most of the punishments are only there to scare people off rather than actually doing them.
Which is why implementing the Sharia well today is a tall task because;
A – it’s too much work to implement the values of today to the principle rules of Islam perfectly together (look at Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan)
B – most scholars are too lazy to do that task so it’s better off making a civil Law that doesn’t go against basic Islamic rules, like most of the Muslim countries are trying to do (Iraq, Syria, Egypt etc…)
Neither of the 2 groups are perfect in that regard which is why it’s difficult to do it today correctly.
Source : i studied Shria for my major
SecretLikeSul on
This is the reality you have to point to when people claim that the majority of Muslims do not have views they consider extreme. These views are the norm.
hck_ngn on
The shittier the country, the higher the %…
Tallguy-12345 on
This is why Muslim countries need, and should always have, dictators and kings.
Kaiser_Constantin on
In Germany its 68%.
bread_enjoyer0 on
This is wrong because Nigeria isn’t even 73% Muslim lol
Fab_iyay on
I assume we are talking about different interpretations of it though? Doesn’t that make it a bit hard to discern exact information from the map?
SuperNoahsArkPlayer on
Muslim scholar here
Most Muslims don’t even follow it in their daily lives (5x prayer, fasting all 30 days of Ramadan, beard/hijab). Even in the high percentage countries like Pakistan or Iraq less than half of the population is fully practicing Islam… these answers are just a kind of virtue signalling.
doctor_disel on
Hope that percentages remains the same or even lower in my country forever, Sharia is a cancer
Wardagai on
When they study sharia in depth, they won’t support it. Most of these people think sharia is a fair and easy to implement government because their mullah in the masjid told them so lol.
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**The Russian and Thai Muslims were asked if Sharia should be the law of the land only in Muslim areas. For Thailand a further data point is that only the Muslims in the Five Southern Provinces were interviewed.
Source: [https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-beliefs-about-sharia/)
[https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2013/04/gsi2-chp1-3.png](https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2013/04/gsi2-chp1-3.png)
Please note that the poll is from 2013. Also something to consider is that Sharia doesn’t have a single universal interpretation and many cultures and people interpret the requirements differently. For example in Balkan, Turkic and Russian muslims supporting Sharia those supporting stoning as punishment for adultery varies between 1/5th and 1/3rd, while in Pakistan and Afghanistan close to 90% support the practicing of stoning. Another example is death as punishment for leaving Islam, in a similar vein Balkan, Russian, Indonesian and Turkic muslims supporting Sharia are all under 1/5th in support of the practice, while more than 80% of Egyptian and Jordanian muslims supporting sharia support the practice.
How are they muslim if they dont support sharia? They reject their holy book?
lot of Muslims think sharia = fair and quick justice and no corruption in government
they don’t associate it with “using courts and police to force everyone in the country to be religious Muslims” like it’s often presented
I wonder what the percentages would be if they asked “western” countries if they would want to be ruled under christian law?
I wonder how much the support for sharia in the UK, Sweden and Germany
i am really surprised by turkey though…
And now the countries in Europe please. (France, U. K., Germany Belgium, Sweden, etc.)
r/MapsThatShouldHaveContinousColorPalettes
I feel most of them said yes out of perceived social pressure or ignorance of what Sharia law really is like, the majority of Muslims are moderate and dislike Salafism, especially in North Africa following the Maliki school
Turkic traditional values are not matching with Islam. That’s why Turkic countries have those lowest values. I’m even surprised that Kyrgyzstan got %35. As many Turks say, if you explain Islam as it is and make Turks live by it, Turks will leave Islam.
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Generally speaking, there seems to be a correlation between extreme corruption & political instability and a desire for Sharia law.
Not that surprising.
Just imagine Nigeria having sharia law. 97% of the population would walk around with some limbs missing for all the crimes they commit! I can see enjoying 419 scammers to have their troublesome limbs removed.
that’s the interesting thing… more sharia control, less ability to accurately gauge the support of people living under it for sharia.
I would also be surprised if the understanding of sharia law was identical in Malaysia and Afghanistan… I am guessing that like all religious people, “sharia supporters” will cherry pick the parts they like or don’t like, for good and bad.
I’m surprised it’s this low. According to Islam, Sharia is handed down from God and is considered to be the perfect legal system. Why wouldn’t Muslims prefer that over legal systems designed by humans?
Islam is not just a religion. It is a legal system and political system as well.
Given the lack of a source and the controversial nature of the headline, I have to assume this is made up, otherwise requesting a proper legend next attempt.
Some people who want to implement the Sharia think that it is absolutely necessary that it is applied EXACTLY as it were in the time of the Prophet and the Rashidun Caliphs.
the thing is though that there is a lot of room to change some things and most of the punishments are only there to scare people off rather than actually doing them.
Which is why implementing the Sharia well today is a tall task because;
A – it’s too much work to implement the values of today to the principle rules of Islam perfectly together (look at Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan)
B – most scholars are too lazy to do that task so it’s better off making a civil Law that doesn’t go against basic Islamic rules, like most of the Muslim countries are trying to do (Iraq, Syria, Egypt etc…)
Neither of the 2 groups are perfect in that regard which is why it’s difficult to do it today correctly.
Source : i studied Shria for my major
This is the reality you have to point to when people claim that the majority of Muslims do not have views they consider extreme. These views are the norm.
The shittier the country, the higher the %…
This is why Muslim countries need, and should always have, dictators and kings.
In Germany its 68%.
This is wrong because Nigeria isn’t even 73% Muslim lol
I assume we are talking about different interpretations of it though? Doesn’t that make it a bit hard to discern exact information from the map?
Muslim scholar here
Most Muslims don’t even follow it in their daily lives (5x prayer, fasting all 30 days of Ramadan, beard/hijab). Even in the high percentage countries like Pakistan or Iraq less than half of the population is fully practicing Islam… these answers are just a kind of virtue signalling.
Hope that percentages remains the same or even lower in my country forever, Sharia is a cancer
When they study sharia in depth, they won’t support it. Most of these people think sharia is a fair and easy to implement government because their mullah in the masjid told them so lol.