"Shari'a", "Traditional Muslim Jurisprudence", "Muslim Laws": A Plea for Replacing the term "Islamic Law"
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WHRNet Political correctness has yet to stem the public use of language that reinforces very false ideas about Muslim people and Muslim contexts.
Submitted on Mon, 08/16/2004 - 23:00
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