Radical Islam's Rules

The Worldwide Spread of Extreme Shari'a Law

Paul Marshall

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2005
• eBook ISBN: 9781461686903
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Islamic Theology

A major feature of the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of the West is the rapid growth of a starkly repressive version of Islamic shari'a law, often fueled by funds and support from Saudi Arabia. The central purpose of Islamists, including terrorists, is to impose such law in all Muslim lands, and then throughout the world in a new Caliphate. Despite its importance, this worldwide growth of extreme shari'a is under-documented and little understood. By a comparative study over the last twenty-five years of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan, Nigeria, Malaysia, and Indonesia, this book shows its terrible effects on human rights, especially the status of women and religious freedom, of Muslims as well as religious minorities, and on democracy itself. It also shows that such laws are a direct threat to the American interest of advancing democracy and human rights, that the United States lacks a policy for dealing with the spread of extreme shari'a, and concludes with policy recommendations for the United States regarding specific countries confronting extreme shari'a.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Center for Religious Freedom
• Introduction: The Rise of Extreme Shari’a
• 1 - Shari’a in Saudi Arabia, Today and Tomorrow
• 2 - Shari’a Law in Iran
• 3 - Shari’a in Pakistan
• 4 - Shari’a in Sudan
• 5 - Nigeria: Shari’a in a Fragmented Country
• 6 - Islamization and Partial Shari’a in Malaysia
• 7 - Islamization, Creeping Shari’a, and Varied Responses in Indonesia
• 8 - Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan
• Conclusion: American Responses to Extreme Shari’a
• Index
• About the Contributors