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CNN defines Shari`ah
By yaman | February 10, 2008
In this article about the topic of the hour in Britain, CNN writes:
Sharia law is a legal and social code designed to help Muslims in their daily lives. It has proved controversial, however, because of its use in some Muslim states to justify suppression of women’s rights and extremely brutal forms of punishment, including beheadings.
I thought this to be a rather uncharacteristic treatment of shari`ah in the press. Even though it’s not antagonistic, however, it thoroughly places shari`ah into the realm of liberalism, dressing it in the language of liberal revolution (”used… to justify suppression of women’s rights and [extreme brutality]“). That’s something.
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