Sharia

I have never heard of Sharia law. I think with this topic many people have strong and distinct views on Sharia law, either in agreement or disagreement. Something that I saw in almost every forum post and my own was that “Sharia Law has too many variations” (Fisher, 2017), it was interesting to see this commonality among the forum posts. As I did not know much about Sharia law beforehand I cannot say that my ideas changed but I think I strongly stand by my opinion that Sharia law should not be…

Al-Shabab’s ideology is typically described as a brand of Salafism and Wahhabism that supports takfir, the excommunication of apostates or unbelievers. Though it has stated many goals in the past, the group fights first and foremost to create a fundamentalist Islamic state in the Horn of Africa that would include not only Somalia but also Djibouti, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Islamism and Salafism served to express commonalities and build alliances against shared enemies who happened to be world…

Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Mauritania. The term Islamic Republic refers to nations that have adopted laws of Sharia (Islamic Law) as a form of government. Sharia governs a wide variety of topics since it is the law of the governing body. These topics include economy, marriage/divorce, ways of dealing with crime, personal matters such as diet and hygiene, and many more. Obedience to Sharia is what serves to define Muslim culture, for it is seen as the law set forth by God. These laws derive from…

The refugee crisis has sparked an outburst in society. 2014-2015 has seen the worst refugee crisis since WWII, with 19.5 million refugees seeking asylum. Many citizens are debating whether to allow refugees within United States borders. Over one-third of all refugee arrivals, or 24,579, came from the Near East in 2015—a region that includes Iraq, Iran, Bhutan, and Afghanistan (American Immigration Council, para.4). In a study, 59% of Americans said the U.S. is at war with radical Islam, and 5…

Modern law and religion are fundamental socio-political phenomena that share basic foundations. They aspire to constitute, or at least to frame, human consciousness and behaviour in all spheres of life. Accordingly, modern law and religion are complementary, contradictory and simultaneous sources of rule-making, adjudication and execution. Both embed obedience and obligations, leadership, institutions and legal ideology as foundations for their maintenance and prevalence, based on a strict…

The individuals he encountered felt that the Quran and the Sharia provided a guide for all of life and a blueprint for a distinctly Islamic modernity. The individuals Ansary encountered practiced a different Islam, an alienated Islam unaware about the West and the Islam he remember before the war. Ansary met Abdul Qayum, an advocated of the Sharia on his second day in Istanbul. “The Sharia is more than a legal system, it 's a marker that show where [the true] road [of Islam]…

(“Dearborn” 3). The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department has been overrun by Muslims that will not protect the citizens, they only enforce sharia law (“Dearborn” 3). The Muslims believe that laws besides sharia law do not apply to them. No Go Zones are places that are off-limits to non-Muslims, law enforcement, and security forces (Lopez 2). These places follow sharia law (Lopez 2). Dearborn Michigan is an example of a known No Go Zone in America. “Muslims will not be intimidated” (Eltahawy…

Malala believes that what happened to her, actually turned out to be a good thing. She said, "I think they may be regretting that they shot Malala, now [I am] heard in every corner of the world." This is because she values equality between people and having the right to education and freedom. People in developing countries are often oppressed by terrorist organisations, stopping them from improving their lives, particularly in education. Having an education means that people will be able to…

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion that is based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ written in the Bible. Christians believe in the Trinity; God is three divine persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Similarly, Islam is also an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, believing in the life and teachings of Prophet Muhammad as articulated in the Qur’an. Through the Doctrinal and Ethical Dimensions of Religion, the moral principles and the beliefs taught by Christianity…

Why Muslims Shouldn’t be Banned from the United States On a cold, windy afternoon in October, 13-year-old Malika rushes through the doors of her school as the final bell rings. Her classmates’ jeers and insults echoing around her. “‘Terrorist!’,’Traitor!’, ‘Go back to where you came from!’,” they shout. But this is where she came from. Malika, her parents, and their parents before them were all born here, but her classmates do not care. Malika has done nothing to deserve these foul insults…