Exposing Islam

Sharia in Islam

God’s Law or Man-Made Totalitarianism?

Brace yourself.

This isn’t a polite interfaith seminar. This is the courtroom where Sharia is put on trial — not by bigots or blind loyalists, but by raw evidence, historical record, and ruthless logic.

Sharia — often whitewashed as a beautiful moral code — is anything but. Behind the Arabic calligraphy and interfaith brochures lies a legal Frankenstein stitched together from war-era Qur’anic edicts, medieval Hadith rulings, and centuries of patriarchal jurisprudence. Its defenders want you to see it as sacred. We’ll show you it’s savage.

And we won’t be asking for permission.

🧠 What Is Sharia? Let’s Not Pretend It’s Just Spirituality

The myth starts early: “Sharia just means the path to God.” How sweet. Almost poetic.

In reality, Sharia is a comprehensive legal code derived from:

The Qur’an
The Hadith (sayings/actions of Muhammad)
Ijma (scholarly consensus)
Qiyas (analogy)

In practice, it governs everything from how to pray and fast to how to cut off limbs, stone adulterers, execute apostates, and dominate women. It is not optional. It is not symbolic. And it was never designed to “coexist” with secular law.

If you're expecting Ten Commandments-style spirituality, you’re in for 1,400 years of state-enforced authoritarianism.

📚 Qur’an and Hadith: The Legal Blueprint for Barbarism

Sharia’s defenders love to cherry-pick verses about kindness and mercy. But when it comes to law, the Qur’an and Hadith don’t leave much room for ambiguity. Let’s dissect the core tenets of this “moral guidance.”

✅ Apostasy = Death

“Whoever changes his religion — kill him.”
— Sahih al-Bukhari 6922

Qur’an 4:89 – “…if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them.”

A state ideology that kills people for changing beliefs is not a religion. It’s a cartel.

✅ Adultery = Stoning

Sahih Muslim 1691: “The married adulterer should be stoned.”

And before you think it’s just Hadith:

Qur’an 24:2 – “Flog the adulterer and adulteress with 100 lashes.”

Except the Prophet — conveniently — revealed that stoning existed too. But the verse was “eaten by a goat.” No, really. Look it up.

✅ Theft = Amputation

Qur’an 5:38 – “Cut off the hand of the thief, male or female.”

No qualification for hunger. No judicial nuance. Just brutal mutilation.

✅ Homosexuality = Death

Sunan Abu Dawud 4462 – “Kill the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.”

This is not moral guidance. This is institutionalized sadism in divine wrapping paper.

👩‍⚖️ Women Under Sharia: Property Dressed in Fabric

Next myth on the chopping block: “Sharia elevated women.”

How? By halving their inheritance (Qur’an 4:11), making their testimony worth half a man’s (Qur’an 2:282), legalizing marital rape (Qur’an 2:223), and allowing polygamy up to four wives plus concubines (Qur’an 4:3, 23:6)?

Qur’an 4:34 – “Men are in charge of women... strike them [if they disobey].”

This isn’t “complementarity.” It’s legal subjugation.

Under Sharia:

A man can divorce by saying “talaq” three times.
A woman needs a male guardian for nearly everything.
Marital rape? Not a crime.
Domestic violence? Explicitly sanctioned.

Call it what it is: gender apartheid backed by divine decree.

🩸 Sharia Punishments: State Terror in God’s Name

Let’s take inventory of Sharia’s legal “mercy”:

Crime	Punishment Under Sharia
Apostasy	Death
Adultery (married)	Stoning to death
Theft	Amputation of hand
Homosexuality	Death
Alcohol use	40–80 lashes
Slavery	Permitted (see previous post)
Blasphemy	Death

There’s no concept of rehabilitation, proportional justice, or due process in classical Sharia. There’s only retribution, control, and deterrence through fear.

🕋 Sharia and the Islamic State: Not a Bug, But the Blueprint

ISIS didn’t invent Islamic law. They implemented it. Literally. Their penal code mirrored classical Sharia with stoning, amputations, beheadings, floggings, and women forced into niqab and marriage at puberty.

Dabiq magazine (Issue 2, 2014): “We implement the Sharia… unlike the hypocrite regimes.”

If Sharia is peaceful, why did every militant Islamist group — from Boko Haram to Taliban to Al-Qaeda — use it as a moral weapon?

Because the violence is textually defensible. It’s not a perversion. It’s a revival.

🌍 Modern Sharia States: A Snapshot of “Justice”

Still think Sharia is misunderstood? Let’s take a look at real-world theocracies where Islamic law rules supreme:

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

Execution for sorcery and apostasy.
Women couldn’t drive until 2018.
No churches allowed.

🇮🇷 Iran

Child marriage legal from age 13.
Mandatory hijab.
Executions for blasphemy and homosexuality.

🇵🇰 Pakistan

Blasphemy laws weaponized against minorities.
Mob lynchings normalized.
Rape victims risk being jailed for adultery.

These aren’t extremist exceptions. These are Sharia-based constitutions in action.

🧠 Logical Fallout: A Doctrine That Implodes on Contact

Let’s test Sharia’s moral claims using plain logic.

Claim: God’s law is eternal and perfect.

Reality: Sharia law requires rape victims to produce 4 witnesses or be charged with adultery.

Conclusion: Either God is morally insane or Sharia isn’t from God.

Here’s another:

Claim: Sharia preserves human dignity.

Reality: It permits slavery, child marriage, beatings, stoning, mutilation, and apostate executions.

Conclusion: Either your definition of “dignity” is broken, or your law is.

Sharia’s apologists constantly shift definitions, wave “context,” and pretend divine ethics evolve. But if God’s law changes under pressure, then maybe — just maybe — it wasn’t God’s to begin with.

📣 Expert Consensus: Sharia’s Legal Tyranny Isn’t Imagined

Even Muslim scholars know the problem:

Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl (UCLA): “Classical Sharia law reflects human construction, not divine command.”
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (Emory University): “A secular state is a prerequisite for truly Islamic values.”
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: “Sharia is not just a religious code. It is a political project to control every aspect of human life.”

And secular scholars?

Patricia Crone: “Sharia emerged as a rigid system designed to control, not liberate.”
Paul Marshall (Hudson Institute): “Islamic law remains incompatible with democracy and human rights.”

🗑️ Myth Incineration: No More Excuses

Let’s burn down the PR lies:

❌ “Sharia is only for Muslims.”

Tell that to Christians, Jews, atheists, apostates, and women living under Sharia-run states. They’re affected. And they’re silenced.

❌ “There are different interpretations!”

Sure — and every one of them still includes child marriage, wife beating, and apostate killing. The “peaceful interpretations” are secular compromises, not scriptural truths.

❌ “It’s just like Jewish Halakha or Christian canon law.”

Except no Jews are stoning blasphemers or cutting off hands. And no Christian country enforces death for apostasy. False equivalence fallacy: meet your match.

💥 Final Verdict: Sharia Is the Theocracy No One Ordered

Sharia isn’t “misunderstood.” It’s underexposed.

It’s not a “moral compass.” It’s a weaponized system of obedience, repression, and theological fascism masquerading as divine law. It crushes dissent, crushes freedom, and crushes anyone who dares think for themselves.

It is incompatible with human rights, democracy, and even basic decency.

If Islam is a house of faith, Sharia is its iron cage. And no matter how much you polish the bars, it’s still a prison.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This post critiques Islam as an ideology, doctrine, and historical system—not Muslims as individuals. Every human being deserves dignity. Beliefs do not. Challenging ideas is not hate. Censoring truth is.

📚 Bibliography / Sources

Qur’an, various translations: Sahih International, Pickthall, Yusuf Ali
Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, via sunnah.com
The Reliance of the Traveller (Umdat al-Salik) – Shafi’i fiqh manual
Khaled Abou El Fadl, Speaking in God's Name
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Heretic
Paul Marshall, Radical Islam’s Rules
Patricia Crone, God's Rule – Government and Islam
An-Na'im, A. A., Islam and the Secular State
Hudson Institute Reports, 2019
Human Rights Watch, Sharia-Based Justice Systems in the Muslim World
UN Reports on Women’s Rights under Sharia Law
Amnesty International, Sharia and Death Penalty Countries