Re: What is your argument against secularism?
You have just described Shari’ah … it is re-calibrated to suit the condition of a people not so it bends backward for them but enables a positive change to occur in them towards good. By putting stoning on hold due to a condition in the people - i.e. that adultery is too rife or something else then this is exactly what Shari’ah requires from those who implement it … the idea of stoning to death the adulterer is when no cause can be attributed to society so full blame lies with the person who did the deed.
A pity when people think that certain “maximum” punishments are eased they think that Shari’ah is not being implemented - it can still very will be an operating Shari’ah even when laws are relaxed as long as:
a) The leaders don’t deem stoning itself to be inherently wrong … but simply not necessary for the time
b) The leaders use their influences to bend society towards the ideal mature Islamic state and do not allow the scales to tip in the other direction.
In an Islamically weak society tolerances are increased and in an Islamically strong society the tolerances are reduced …