| BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| System details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Format: Adobe EPUB eBook. |
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Format: Kindle Book. |
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Format: OverDrive Read. |
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Requires Adobe Digital Editions or Amazon Kindle. |
| Other edition |
Online version: Ali-Karamali, Sumbul, 1964- Demystifying Shariah Boston : Beacon Press, 2020. 9780807038017 |
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Original 9780807038000 |
| Subject |
Islamic law.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other corporate author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9780807038017
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| STANDARD # |
DD4C1AED-22B8-4D76-822C-F232B6C8CE0B OverDrive |
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