Ok, this post is just to say hello and as-salaam 'alaykum to everyone, and to welcome you all to my new blog!
In the current political climate the news is often full of stories that refer directly or indirectly to Islamic/Shari'ah law - often in negative and simplistic terms. If you were to take an average member of the British public and play word association with the term 'Shari'ah' you would probably come up with the some of the following words: inflexible, intolerant, archaic, unthinking, irrational, misogynistic, etc. The principal aim of this blog is to dispel some of the negative attributes associated with Shari'ah law by elucidating some of the complex legal debates which lie behind sensationalist headlines.
However, it is not the purpose of this blog to defend the indefensible. Every day, across the world, atrocities are committed in the name of Islam and Islamic law. When I see homosexuals being executed in Iran, or rape victims being tried for adultery in Saudi or Pakistan, I feel sick to my stomach. For the record, I am a strong supporter of all international and domestic human rights instruments, and I believe that no religion has a monopoly over morality.
ma' salaama
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