Campus Watch in the Media

Does Sharia Law Promote Women's Rights? [incl. John Esposito]

by Cinnamon Stillwell
Muslims Against Sharia Blog
October 21, 2009

http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2009/10/does-sharia-law-promote-womens-rights.html

http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/8566

In thinking about women's rights, sharia law, or Islamic law, doesn't typically come to mind.

Yet, according to a survey conducted by Dalia Mogahed, executive director and senior analyst of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies and appointee to President Obama's Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the two are closely intertwined. Her survey alleges that a majority of Muslim women believe sharia law should either be the primary source or one source of legislation in their countries, while viewing Western personal freedoms as harmful to women.

[Ed. Note: The text of "Does Sharia Law Promote Women's Rights?" follows, with link.]

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