Sharia

Thursday 14th February

Multicultural citizenship and the anti-sharia storm

Tariq Modood, 14 February 2008
When a careful lecture on legal pluralism is drowned in prejudice, it’s time to restate the principles of a shared civic space

Islamic law in a secular world

Roger Scruton, 14 February 2008
An argument over sharia highlights the difference between Christian and Muslim visions of law
Wednesday 13th February

Rowan Williams: sharia furore, Anglican future

Theo Hobson, 13 February 2008
England's leading churchman exposes a larger national-identity crisis
Tuesday 12th February

Islam, law and finance: the elusive divine

Fred Halliday, 12 February 2008
The recurrent political and media spasms over “sharia" or“Islamic law” too often avoid looking at the reality the terms purportto describe

Rowan Williams and sharia law

Tina Beattie, 12 February 2008
"Dumb down" or be damned? When a debate about religion and law is hijacked by fury, everyone loses
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