@ Haris
You say accept it or leave it... What exactly is IT??
As always you are talking about accepting Islam as YOU accept it, but there are minimum 1.2 billion different opinions about what Islam entails, how it is understood and how it is implemented, so please tell me... WHICH islam are you speaking of?
You have one specific perception of Islam , but that perception is far from universal. If it WAS universal you wouldn't be getting so much flak from the other muslims on this site who do NOT consider your perception to be the only "true" perception of Islam.
Also i suggest you drop you jazbaati tendency to cry "enemy" at anybody you think is going against Islam. Whether a person is going agaisnt Islam is not for you to judge. That is only up to God and i suggest that you develop some humility in your faith also. Only thus will your focus be on your own behaviour rather than on others and only thus can you ever hope to find and spread enlightenment.
But you are not humble about your faith. You have fanatical pride in your affiliation. With pride in your affiliation you lose contact with the spiritual core of your belief. I suggest you be careful with that.
I like the fact that you reject all customs and aspects of culture that are against Islam. that is as it should be. However you should think a little deeper and review whther those things you consider as "islamic" aren't just an arabic custom or culture. The line between the tenets of Islam and the cultures in which islam has been accepted is not as clear as you might think.
For instance.. the degree of purdah observed in arabia (women locked in the home and covered head to toe) is not an Islamic injunction but rather a cultural thing for arabia.
Back to the topic at hand:
Abortion is a social evil that cannot be stomped out by legislation. It is merely a symptom of a society where sexual expression, reproductive health, social stigma and a host of other things are the norm. Were it not for the repressed sexuality of pakistanis there would not be so many cases of rape and exploitation. were it not for the social stigma and criminal punishment attached to unwed mothers, so many women might not choose to have dnagerous an unhygeinic abortions. Were it not for the taboo surrounding sexual health and knowledge, unwanted pregnancies would not be as common as they are. The fact that nearly a million women have unsafe abortions in a year is just a symptom of deeper ailments in our society. Trying to stomp it out through legislation will only hide the symptoms but not cure the disease.
