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It appears that we are witnessing a debate taking root between Muslim scholars or "propagandists" and the state over the issue of domestic violence which is a form of violence. These brothers see the proposed draft law to be at odds with Islamic law and use the latter to ensure that a woman is obedient to her husband. This is what little I read in the press. In the absence of the integral text refuting the law, you cannot take a position, especially if you are a non-Muslim. I expect there will be major divisions not only among the various religious communities, but also within one and the same religious community.

Challenges the conventional wisdom that 95+% or more of the US adult population believe in God as documented by the frequently cited Gallup Polls. Critical analysis of survey questions about the belief in God asked by various organizations, including Gallup, since the 1940s demonstrate that the simple, dichotomous form used by Gallup & other imitators -- "Do you believe in God or universal spirit?" -- has had the unintended consequence of concealing a downward trend in the certainty of beliefs in God since the 1950s, as well as shifts in the type of beliefs Americans have come to hold about the concept of God. It is concluded that the cultural effect of this methodological failure has been to use Gallup's 90% plus statistic to perpetuate the myth of the universality of Americans' belief in God, a statistic that has invariably been interpreted by various scholars, journalists, & political pundits as believing in a traditional, personal God without any qualification. What Americans believe about the idea of God is not nearly that simple. 1 Appendix, 20 References. Adapted from the source document.

Discusses poll results based on Gallup's Princeton Religious Research Center statistics.