Demystifying Shariah : what it is, how it works, and why it's not taking over our country / Sumbul Ali-Karamali.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ali-Karamali, Sumbul, 1964- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law.

Physical Description:

246 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]

Summary:

"An explanation of shariah, the much-maligned Islamic religious law, including its development, its disruption, how it operates in the world both personally in the lives of Muslims and as law, and the misinformation campaign that has made it into a scare word"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: The Basics and Foundations of Shariah: 1. Shariah in a Nutshell

2. Muhammad and the Birth of Islam

3. The Qur'an: The Primary Source of Shariah

4. The Sunna: The Second Source of Shariah

5. Sunni, Shiʻa, and Others

Part II: The Story of Shariah: 6. What Shariah Is and How It Works

7. Religious Minorities within the Shariah System

8. Shattering a Millennium and Disrupting a Civilization

9. Shariah in the Post-Colonial World

10. The Scary Stuff: Punishments

11. Shariah in Everyday Life

12. The Disinformation Campaign and Shariah in America

Part III: Recognizing the Problem: 13. Islamophobia and Why We Have the Stereotypes

14. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ali-Karamali, Sumbul, 1964- Demystifying Shariah

ISBN:

9780807038000

0807038008

OCLC:

1108142519