Re: Why are two woman witnesses, equivalent to only one male witness in Islam ?
And if there is no shariah like today?
Or if shariah made a comeback but those elected are corrupt or inept? We see the quality of leaders today, both those who seize power and those who are elected.
You mean half-broken Shariah or a hybrid Shariah or shariah standing on one leg with both hands tied behind its back. There is no fixed form of Shariah in my opinion. The principles behind are sort of immutable and provide guidance. Sometimes it is just not practical given the state of circumstances to implement it ditto as it was done 1400 years ago.
If you have corrupt leaders it is an indication that people have lost there sense of justice or proper reform. If they have been conquered and didn't have much choice then eventually it will lead to a war or insurgency or some other method of rebellion unless they are happy with the new ruler for some reasons.
Personally me, I am not for implementing the laws as ditto to what they were 1400 hundred years ago with a few exceptions maybe. And if you have studied Islam there are only a handful of punishments given for some crimes, which ruin the very fabric of society e.g. murder, theft, rape etc. Laws for other misdemeanors can be infered from the principles which are taught in Islam. For instance, this thead has been mostly about the witness issue i.e. having two women witnesses in business transactions. The way business transactions are conducted today sometimes do not even need people to be present and everything is printed out for you on a contractual agreement. Say you are buying a book for Amazon, you pay for it and print out your receipt and you can printout your terms and conditions. The justice system will also honor those documents are evidence without the presence of any witnesses so we can't really use the rule being discussed in this thread.
For any rule to work, it must also be legally validated practice in a court of law or your justice system. If some friend of mine lends me money with another friend as a witness on terms that I will repay and later on I renege then I doubt any court of law today would be able to help him recover his money unless he can prove he lent it to me. The credibility of a witness in todays society is next to nothing, but it was a lot 1400 hundred years ago.
What that shows me the demands for trust have gone higher as we have progressed.