In practice, Sharia law is a brutal, primitive system which, among its other barbarities, sanctions the murder of Jews, homosexuals, apostates, and adulterous women (Muslim men are usually exempt from punishment for the latter offense); the genital mutilation of girls and women; the enslavement of infidels, otherwise known as kaffirs or dhimmis; the collection of a poll tax, or jizya (a kind of Mafia-style "protection" money) from non-believers; and the use of force to compel obedience and submission to Islam.
