[azth]

> but I have always thought it was funny that devout practitioners of those religions seem to find ways of technically adhering to those rules while at the same time completely flouting the spirit of them.

We don't do that in Islam.

[hairofadog]

I would be interested in hearing more if you feel like elaborating.

[azth]

For example, the Quran explicitly calls out the behavior of a tribe of Jews who, to tried to avoid the prohibition of fishing on the Sabbath: https://quran.com/7/163

We also have explicit texts in Hadith that call out and reprimand attempts to bypass usury by buying an item in installments, then selling it back to the original seller for a lower cash price. The effective transaction being a money for money contract with a disposable item in the middle. All this is prohibited.

You will not find a single Muslim scholar say that it is ok for a woman to wear a wig instead of a headscarf, even though technically she is still covering her hair.