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Radical Islam's Rules

The Worldwide Spread of Extreme Shari'a Law

von: Paul Marshall, Maarten G. Barends, Hamouda Bella, Mehrangiz Kar, Kavian Milani, the Rand Corporation, Peter G. Riddell, Stephen Schwartz, Nina Shea
57,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	25.02.2005
ISBN/EAN:	9781461686903
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	248

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Titelbeschreibung

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.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

A major feature of the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of the West is the current rapid growth of a starkly repressive version of shari'a, Islamic law. In this book, noted human rights activists and scholars trace the growth of such law in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan, Nigeria, Malaysia, and Indonesia; document its threat to the status of women, religious freedom, and democracy itself; and suggest how the rest of the world should respond. Published in cooperation with Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Foreword
 Chapter 2 Preface
 Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
 Chapter 4 About the Center for Religious Freedom
 Chapter 5 Introduction: The Rise of Extreme
Shari'a
 Chapter 6
Shari'a in Saudi Arabia, Today and Tomorrow
 Chapter 7
Shari'a Law in Iran
 Chapter 8
Shari'a in Pakistan
 Chapter 9
Shari'a in Sudan
 Chapter 10 Nigeria:
Shari'a in a Fragmented Country
 Chapter 11 Islamization and Partial
Shari'a in Malaysia
 Chapter 12 Islamization, Creeping
Shari'a, and Varied Responses in Indonesia
 Chapter 13 Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan
 Chapter 14 Conclusion: American Responses to Extreme
Shari'a
 Chapter 15 Index
 Chapter 16 About the Contributors

Autorenportrait

Paul Marshall is senior fellow at the Center for Religious Freedom, Freedom House. He has lectured worldwide and is general editor of Religious Freedom in the World: A Global Report on Freedom and Persecution. He is the author and editor of 15 other books on religion and politics, including the best-selling and award-winning Their Blood Cries Out, and Islam at the Crossroads and God and the Constitution, both published in 2002. Dr. Marshall has published many scholarly and popular articles and his writings have been translated into Russian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Malay, Korean, Arabic, and Chinese. He currently resides in Washington, D.C.

Sonderbeitrag

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Radical Islam's Rules says that the goal of extreme shari'a is not to terrorize but ultimately to spread their law to all parts of the world in a new Caliphate.