Radical Islam's Rules The Worldwide Spread of Extreme Shari'a Law

by Marshall, Paul; Barends, Maarten G.; Bella, Hamouda; Kar, Mehrangiz; Milani, Kavian; Corporation, the Rand; Riddell, Peter G.; Schwartz, Stephen; Shea, Nina

• ISBN13: 9780742543614
• ISBN10: 0742543617
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

A major feature of the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of the West is the current rapid growth of a starkly repressive version of shari'a, Islamic law. In this book, noted human rights activists and scholars trace the growth of such law in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan, Nigeria, Malaysia, and Indonesia; document its threat to the status of women, religious freedom, and democracy itself; and suggest how the rest of the world should respond.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
R. James Woolsey
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xvii
About the Center for Religious Freedom	xix
Introduction: The Rise of Extreme Shari'a	1	(18)
Paul Marshall
Shari'a in Saudi Arabia, Today and Tomorrow	19	(22)
Stephen Schwartz
Shari'a Law in Iran	41	(24)
Mehrangis Kar
Shari'a in Pakistan	65	(22)
Maarten G. Barends
Shari'a in Sudan	87	(26)
Hamouda Fathelrahman Bella
Nigeria: Shari'a in a Fragmented Country	113	(22)
Paul Marshall
Islamization and Partial Shari'a in Malaysia	135	(26)
Peter G. Riddell
Islamization, Creeping Shari'a, and Varied Responses in Indonesia	161	(24)
Peter G. Riddell
Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan	185	(10)
Conclusion: American Responses to Extreme Shari'a	195	(18)
Nina Shea
Index	213	(12)
About the Contributors	225