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Author Ali-Karamali, Sumbul, 1964- author.

Title Demystifying Shariah : what it is, how it works, and why it's not taking over our country / Sumbul Ali-Karamali.

Publication Info. Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]

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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  340.59 ALI-KARAMALI    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  340.5 ALI    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  340.59 ALI-KARAMALI    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  340.59 ALI-KARAMALI    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  340.59 ALI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  297 ALI-KARAMALI    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  340.59 ALI    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  340.59 ALI-KARAMALI    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  340.59 AL    Check Shelf
Description 246 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-239) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Part I: The Basics and Foundations of Shariah: 1. Shariah in a Nutshell -- 2. Muhammad and the Birth of Islam -- 3. The Qur'an: The Primary Source of Shariah -- 4. The Sunna: The Second Source of Shariah -- 5. Sunni, Shiʻa, and Others -- Part II: The Story of Shariah: 6. What Shariah Is and How It Works -- 7. Religious Minorities within the Shariah System -- 8. Shattering a Millennium and Disrupting a Civilization -- 9. Shariah in the Post-Colonial World -- 10. The Scary Stuff: Punishments -- 11. Shariah in Everyday Life -- 12. The Disinformation Campaign and Shariah in America -- Part III: Recognizing the Problem: 13. Islamophobia and Why We Have the Stereotypes -- 14. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.
Summary "An explanation of shariah, the much-maligned Islamic religious law, including its development, its disruption, how it operates in the world both personally in the lives of Muslims and as law, and the misinformation campaign that has made it into a scare word"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Islamic law.
Islamic law. (OCoLC)fst00979949
Other Form: Online version: Ali-Karamali, Sumbul, 1964- Demystifying Shariah Boston : Beacon Press, 2020. 9780807038017 (DLC) 2019037397
ISBN 9780807038000 (hardcover)
0807038008 (hardcover)
9780807038017 ebook
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