Demystifying Shariah : what it is, how it works, and why it's not taking over our country / Sumbul Ali-Karamali.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]Description: 246 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780807038000
- 0807038008
- 340.5/9Â 23
- KBP144Â .A4424 2020
Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Iola Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Iola Public Library | Adult Books | 340.59 Ali-Karamali, Sumbul (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34311002851286 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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, Shia, 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.
"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"--
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