Radical Islam's rules : the worldwide spread of extreme Shari'a law / edited by Paul Marshall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marshall, Paul A., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law--Middle East.

Islamic law.

Islamic law--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Islamic law--Southeast Asia.

Islamic law--South Asia.

Islam and state.

Islamic fundamentalism.

South Asia.

Southeast Asia.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

xix, 226 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2005]

Summary:

A significant consequence of the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and other regions of the world is the rapid growth of a starkly repressive version of Islamic shari'a law, often fueled by funds and support from Saudi Arabia. Despite its importance, this worldwide growth of extreme shari'a is under-documented and little understood. Through a detailed comparative analysis of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan, Nigeria, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the contributors to this timely book document its terrible effects on human rights-especially the status of women and religious freedom-of Muslims as well as religious minorities, and of democracy itself. This book also makes a compelling argument that such laws are a direct threat to the Western interest of advancing democracy and human rights. Democratic nations and international human rights groups lack any meaningful policy for dealing with the spread of extreme shari'a. Radical Islam's Rules concludes with policy recommendations for the United States regarding specific countries confronting extreme shari'a.

Contents:

Shari'a in Saudi Arabia, today and tomorrow / Stephen Schwartz

Shari'a law in Iran / Mehrangiz Kar; translated by Kavian Milani

Shari'a in Pakistan / Maarten G. Barends

Shari'a in Sudan / Hamouda Fathelrahhman Bella

Nigeria: Shari'a in a fragmented country / Paul Marshall

Islamization and partial Shari'a in Malaysia / Peter G. Riddell

Islamization and creeping Shari'a in Indonesia / Peter G. Riddell

Democracy and Islam in the new constitution of Afghanistan / Rand Corporation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0742543617

0742543625

OCLC:

56876710