Law #3

Today, there are many differences between the Islamic and Christian view and approach to law. The Christian's view, natural law, is that the law came from our creator, God. As Christians, we believe God gave us the law and that we are held accountable for it. The Christian law however doesn't have specific rules for every area of life. The Islamic view, however is more specific and has specific laws for more areas of their lives. Muslims believe in Shari'a law, and believe that humans do not know God or His laws. To Christian's this law seems especially unreliable, because it seems like there would be no reason to follow the strict laws people made up. Muslims also believe in the Qur'an which is similar to the Bible we believe in. Opposite of the Bible though, the Qur'an has some parts that over-ride other parts of it. Luckily, the Bible does not have fuzzy parts like the Qur'an, and doesn't leave people as confused. Muslims also have a different view of freedom than Christians do. Muslims have very little freedom under Shari'a law. For Christians though, God gives us a lot of freedom to be the people he created us to be. For Christians, God created His laws because He loves us and in return we just need to live for Him. For Muslims, God is unknowable, leaving the Islamic religion confusing and impersonal.