It's not so much what the Prophet (pbuh) reveals, it's the completeness and simultaneity's of the revelation. Shariah, like all the Quran, is an affirmation, clarification and offering of detail on the Bible. Shariah in about the rules of behavior and it is more humanist than some sections of Leviticus, certainly.
The problem the Quran creates is that it is a revelation and theology in one, and so very easy to appeal to with an eye to "Originalism". It's hard to say that modern Salafism is not a recurring theme. And you don't have that convenient "render unto Caesar" bit stated by as late an authority (although Jesus is, obviously, a Muslim prophet as well).
PBU you all,
boddi
On 9/14/07, Jean-Christophe Helary <fusion at mx6.tiki.ne.jp> wrote:
>
> On 15 sept. 07, at 00:20, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> >
> > On Sep 14, 2007, at 11:04 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> >
> >> On 14 sept. 07, at 23:43, Robert Wrubel wrote:
> >>
> >>> attract Japan into its orbit. The US today seems
> >>> capable of lashing out militarily against anyone who
> >>> threatens its last toehold on power, oil.
> >>
> >> Which is one of the reasons why it is important to find someting "for
> >> intellectual reconciliation of Islam and democracy".
> >
> > I don't get that at all. Why?
>
> Because when Islam and democracy are "re-conciliated" in Muslim OPEC
> countries it will be harder for the US to bomb away the whole Middle
> East.
>
> That is also likely to strengthen alliances between Middle East
> countries and The EU, across the Mediterranean sea, which will
> improve the economic position of the EU and lessen the likeliness of
> US rogue activities in that area too.
>
> Jean-Christophe
>
> ps: Abe has been hospitalized yesterday for gastric disorders and
> stress. It looks like he's got a huge financial scandal that is
> slowly going to engulf him: _massive_ fiscal evasion after he
> inherited from his father...
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