Political Science · Boston College
This course is class-restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Despite the fact that Islam is the fastest growing religion and will likely surpass Christianity as the worlds largest before this century's end, its singularly important legal structure remains for the most part unknown in the West. Since the secular separation of Church and State does not apply in many majority-Muslim countries, religious law is at the same time a basis of state law and thus of enormous political importance. What is the status of law in Islam? Why is Shariah Law being viewed increasingly as a necessary addi
