Libri: Paul Marshall (Ed.), Radical Islam’s rules: the worldwide spread of extreme Shari’a law, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, February 2005

The book describes the impact on human rights and democracy when states adopt a starkly repressive version of Islamic law or Shari’s. Propagated larely by the regimes of Saudi Arabia and Iran, extreme Shari’a rule has spread over the last quarter century to a number of regionally influential countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

Contents
Foreword (R. James Woolsey)
Preface: The Importance of Extreme Shari’a
Acknowledgments
About the Center for Religious Freedom
Introduction: The Rise of Extreme Shari’a (Paul Marshall)
Chapter 1: Shari’a in Saudi Arabia, Today and Tomorrow (Stephen Schwartz)
Chapter 2: Shari’a Law in Iran (Mehrangiz Kar; Translated by Kavian Milani)
Chapter 3: Shari’a in Pakistan (Maarten G. Barends)
Chapter 4: Shari’a in Sudan (Hamouda Bella)
Chapter 5: Nigeria: Shari’a in a Fragmented Country (Paul Marshall)
Chapter 6: Islamization and Partial Shari’a in Malaysia (Peter G. Riddell)
Chapter 7: Islamisation and Creeping Shari’a in Indonesia (Peter G. Riddell)
Chapter 8: Democracy and Islam in the New Constitution of Afghanistan (Rand Corporation)
Conclusion: American Responses to Shari’a (Nina Shea)
Endnotes
Contributor Biographies
Index