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Sharia law. The scariest new word of 21st-century American media. A quick google search will expose tons and tons of articles about how this law code is something Muslim and scary, and apparently rural cities in the United States really need to ban it.
So, what is it? Is this Islamic law code really the boogeyman we think it is? Let’s take a dip into Sharia, the Islamic legal system.

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Selected Sources:
-Tuysuz, Gul. "What is Sharia law?" CNN. August 16, 2016. Accessed October 24, 2017. [ Ссылка ].
-News, CBC. "Your questions answered on Shariah law." CBCnews. December 01, 2014. Accessed October 24, 2017. [ Ссылка ].
-An-Nai’m, Abdullahi Ahmed. "Sharia Law." Muslims for Progressive Values. Accessed October 24, 2017. [ Ссылка ].
-Bhala, Raj. Understanding Islamic law: Sharīʻa. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2016.
-Otto, J.M. Sharia and national law in Muslim countries: tensions and opportunities for Dutch and EU foreign policy. Amsterdam: Leiden University Press, 2011.
-Krawietz, Birgit. Islam and the rule of law: between sharia and secularization. Sankt Augustin: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2008.

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