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: 9780742543621
• ISBN10: 0742543625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-25
• 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 sharia/I, 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, show its threat to the status of women, religious freedom, and democracy itself, and suggest how we 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
1 Shari'a in Saudi Arabia, Today and Tomorrow	19	(22)
Stephen Schwartz
2 Shari'a Law in Iran	41	(24)
Mehrangis Kar
3 Shari'a in Pakistan	65	(22)
Maarten G. Barends
4 Shari'a in Sudan	87	(26)
Hamouda Fathelrahman Bella
5 Nigeria: Shari'a in a Fragmented Country	113	(22)
Paul Marshall
6 Islamization and Partial Shari'a in Malaysia	135	(26)
Peter G. Riddell
7 Islamization, Creeping Shari'a, and Varied Responses in Indonesia	161	(24)
Peter G. Riddell
8 Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan	185	(10)
Rand Corporation
Conclusion: American Responses to Extreme Shari'a	195	(18)
Nina Shea
Index	213	(12)
About the Contributors	225