Explaining a bit about Islamic “shari‘a” law

Last updated on: April 23, 2016 at 12:22 pm by Dan Peterson

The city of Giza, on the Nile — Giza, an essential part of “greater Cairo,” faces the city of Cairo proper across the Nile River. On its western boundary, at the edge of the Sahara Desert, stand the greatest of the ancient pyramids. This is, to put it mildly, a fairly interesting place. (Wikimedia Commons)

President Morsi is gone now, and in prison. But, other than that, this 2012 column is still relevant as an explanation of shari‘a — the controversial Islamic legal system about which much sensationalistic and unhelpful nonsense is circulated on a regular basis:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765616753/The-function-of-Shariahh-law-in-Egypt.html

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