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“ Sh arî‘a شريعةLaw” is now a familiar term to Muslims and non-Muslims. One hears this word often in news about politics, crime, feminism, terrorism and other stories. Many associate Sh arî‘a with the amputation of limbs for stealing, death by stoning for adultery and homosexuality, death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy and lashes and other medieval punishments for minor offenses. Because of this, it is considered to be draconian and inhuman. Some people, particularly in the West view Sh arî‘a as archaic
For some Muslims Sharî‘a is seen as something that nurtures humanity. They see the Sharî‘a laws, not in the light of something primitive, but something divinely revealed. According to them, in a society where social problems are endemic, Sharî‘a frees humanity to realize its individual potential. They believe that these laws come from a combination of sources including Qur’ân, the H adî th (sayings and conduct of the prophet Muhammad) and fatwas (the rulings of Islamic scholars). They are unaware that no
There were always politically motivated movements within Islamic countries that innovated non-Qur’ânic approach to introduce laws in the name of Islam. Death punishments for blasphemy and apostasy appeared when increasingly despotic Muslim empires needed to find a religious justification to eliminate political opponents. They established rigid laws that were contrary not only to the basic Qur’ânic teachings but at the same time were inhuman and immoral.
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