Editorial totally misrepresents Sharia
Re: “Desperate stakes for women under Sharia,” Aug. 10
By saying “Sharia is the vehicle by which the most oppressive tenets of extreme Islamic religion become the civil law,” your editorial horribly misstates Islam and risks fueling ignorance and intolerance. In fact, Sharia is the totality of Islamic law, which largely compels its followers to be compassionate and to uphold Islam’s universally-oriented five pillars.
Sadly, some in Muslim societies face horrors like “honor killings” and disfigurement, but those deeds are tribal or societal, not religious, and are repeatedly denounced by leading imams.
By your editorial’s logic, the Crusades’ abuses truly reflected medieval Christian law rather than extremist bands committing terrors largely beyond Christian norms. Likewise in Islam: a small minority at the fringe commits atrocities, wrongly ascribing them to the great faith itself. Deny extremists that power, and let compassionate people of all faiths let no religion’s adherents be misrepresented.
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb
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Revenue more important to Metro than safety
Re: “Crime wave adds to Metrorail’s woes,” Editorial, Aug. 10
It’s a shame that more ticketing officers can be found in Metro parking lots than police officers. To me, that sends a clear – yet shameful – message that collecting revenue is more important than riders’ safety
As if the fair increase isn’t enough, I found a $60 parking ticket on my windshield at the Glenmont Station because I avoided parking in the sure-to-be-ticketed 2 a.m.-10 a.m. parking spots and created a spot instead.
I’m a diehard Metro rider, but the last thing I want to do is die on my commute because of a lack of security.
Ryan Lindsay
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