M1 Case
1. What were your initial feelings about the article?
Initially I thought “I could never live under that type of law”. I understand Sharia is a code
For living; however, it makes me angry when I read how unequal women are treated under the law. I feel bad for the women Shariah, at the same token I feel very privileged for the freedom that I do have. This type of treatment is very unacceptable and I agree there laws need to be changed. My first thought wasn’t rational it was more emotional because of the treatment of women. 2. Discuss the external forces that impact the evolution of this culture. As you discuss these factors you are to go beyond the information presented in the article, researching the culture and the external forces driving it?

Cultures are dynamic. They differ significantly every time. There are arguments for concern that Islam’s will have a harder time evolving the blights on history are rooted in human disappointment to relate Judeo Christian doctrine, not in the doctrine itself. There are two cultural patterns in Indonesia, which are related with both readings, and they are different from Western society, the way Indonesian value their time and their communication style. A foreign visitor should be aware of those differences in order to adjust more easily and avoid intercultural conflict and misunderstanding. Still, society has evolved and flourished because of religious principles, not in spite of them. It took a very long time to discover the exact balance between the sacred and the secular, and there is good reason to believe that the most serious problems today are source by too much control of faith, not too little. Religion is the strongest force in society and all of its beliefs are important to each religion in their own way, even though Christianity, Judaism, as well as Islam all shared some similarities.