Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Orientalism /
Sinology - Islamic Studies, grade: 1,7, University of Hildesheim
(Institut fur Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft), course: Ba-Seminar
Interkulturelle Kommunikation, 18 entries in the bibliography,
language: English, abstract: Today, we live in a multicultural
society. In our nearest environment there are people from different
cultures or religions and they are part of our society. Muslims are
one group that participates in our daily lives. For example, we are
surrounded by many Turkish people, without really knowing which
principles they follow. If we open a newspaper, we find plenty of
articles dealing with Sharia, the Islamic law. There is for example
the Archbishop of Canterbury who wants to integrate Islamic law
into British law. And at present, the debate on headscarves in
Turkish universities revives. Once in a while, we hear from women
who are sentenced to death because they had unlawful sexual
intercourse. But what do we really know about Muslims? Which rules
do they follow and where do these rules come from? If we cannot
answer this question, it is difficult to understand why there are
these harsh punishments in some Islamic countries and why Islam is
so important for the social development of these countries. There
are Islamically inspired schools, clinics, social welfare services,
and insurance and finance companies that have proliferated.
Governments have to face crises of identity and political
legitimacy and they are pressured to reformulate values and
legislation within an Islamic framework. Some people call for the
implementation of Sharia and others call for the Islamization of
existing laws. In my paper, I will give an insight into Sharia and
I will show how it is implemented in different Islamic countries.
As this is a very complex topic, I will focus on the origin of
Sharia, customs, family law, and crime and punishment, so as to
explain the main principles of Muslim faith.
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