{"id":66855,"date":"2018-10-31T17:13:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T23:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=66855"},"modified":"2018-10-31T17:46:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T23:46:56","slug":"a-different-perspective-probably-than-youve-typically-seen-regarding-sharia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2018\/10\/a-different-perspective-probably-than-youve-typically-seen-regarding-sharia.html","title":{"rendered":"A different perspective, probably, than you’ve typically seen regarding shari\u2018a"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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In the background are, on the left, the fourteenth-century Madrasa and Mosque of Sultan Hasan and, on the right, the Mosque of al-Rifa\u2018i, which was completed in the early twentieth century. They are two of my favorite buildings in Cairo. The woman in blue is standing on Cairo\u2019s Citadel, looking roughly westward toward the Nile. \u00a0\u00a0(Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I share with you an additional passage that caught my notice in John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed,\u00a0Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think<\/em>\u00a0(New York: Gallup Press, 2007):<\/p>\n

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The heightened sense of the West\u2019s threat to political freedom and to Islamic identity has likely reinforced the desire for Sharia<\/em>. \u00a0Recourse to Sharia<\/em>, the blueprint for an Islamic society, provides a centuries-old paradigm. \u00a0Thus, however different and diverse Muslim populations may be, for many, Sharia<\/em> is central to faith and identity.<\/span><\/p>\n

While moderates (83%) and political radicals (91%) alike want Sharia<\/em> as a source of law, a significantly higher percentage of the politically radicalized (59% vs. 32% of moderates) want to see Sharia<\/em> as the only<\/em> source of law.<\/span><\/p>\n

This desire for Sharia<\/em> is reminiscent of the reasons behind the early development of Islamic law, to create a rule of law as a shield against the power of the caliph or sultan. \u00a0As Richard Bulliet notes in The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization<\/em>: \u00a0\u201cAll that restrained rulers from acting as tyrants was Islamic law, sharia. \u00a0Since the law was based on divine rather than human principles, no ruler could change it to serve his own interests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, greater interest by the politically radicalized in the implementation of Islamic law reflects their desire to limit the powers of rulers and regimes that they regard as authoritarian, \u201cun-Islamic,\u201d and corrupt. \u00a0However, this is not a call for theocracy. \u00a0When asked to what extent they want religious leaders involved in public life (secular family law, curricula in schools, drafting new laws or a constitution, deciding who may run for office or how women may dress in public, or determining their country\u2019s foreign policy), majorities of the politically radicalized and moderates say they do not want religious leaders to be directly in charge. \u00a0Nevertheless, radicals are more likely to want religious leaders to play an \u201cadvisory\u201d role, consistent with the traditional role of ulama<\/em> as \u201cadvisers\u201d to rulers. \u00a0(92-93)<\/span><\/p>\n

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This was a ridiculous case, which is putting it very charitably:<\/p>\n

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\u201cPakistan Acquits Catholic Mother of Five on Death Row for Blasphemy\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m extremely pleased that she has been acquitted, but I doubt that the extremist loons will take the verdict lightly.<\/p>\n

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\u201cChina\u2019s secret Muslim internment camps revealed: BBC investigation exposes \u2018prison-type structure\u2019 exclusively for Xinjiang\u2019s Muslim minorities\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here, in honor of the holiday, is an Islamic viewpoint on Halloween:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHalloween and Conformity\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Just in case you\u2019re interested, here\u2019s a Latter-day Saint point of view for purposes of comparison:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat the Church Has Said About Halloween\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 I share with you an additional passage that caught my notice in John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed,\u00a0Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think\u00a0(New York: Gallup Press, 2007): \u00a0 The heightened sense of the West\u2019s threat to political freedom and to Islamic identity has likely reinforced the desire for Sharia. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nA different perspective, probably, than you've typically seen regarding shari\u2018a<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"    I share with you an additional passage that caught my notice in John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed,\u00a0Who Speaks for Islam? 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