Most Muslims want sharia law, split on interpretation: study

[FarCenter]

A majority of Muslims around the world want sharia law to be implemented in their countries but are split on how it should be applied, according to a study released Tuesday.

The comprehensive Pew Research Center survey conducted between 2008 and 2012 focused on 38,000 people in 39 countries drawn from a global Muslim community of 2.2 billion people.

A solid majority, notably in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, were in favor of sharia -- traditional Islamic law -- being adopted as "the law of the land" in their countries, it found.

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From 12 percent in Turkey, support for sharia as official national law stood at 56 percent in Tunisia, 71 percent in Nigeria, 72 percent in Indonesia, 74 percent in Egypt and 99 percent in Afghanistan.

But Princeton University professor Amaney Jamal, a special adviser to the Washington-based Pew Research Center, emphasized there is no one common understanding of sharia among all the world's Muslims.

http://www.france24.com/en/20130430-most-muslims-want-sharia-law-split-interpretation-study

[oberliner]

1. Separation of Church and State is not a universal value

Sometimes folks forget that.

[timdog44]

2. Sometimes when separation

of church and state are at stake, they don't get separated. I have not seen where sharia law has truly been spelled out. I only know what the right wing christian nut cases in this country would implement, and it would most likely not be too far different that sharia law. Deuteronomy would be the law of the land. Should we like to live under that?

[demosincebirth]

3. I don't think they polled any women.

[FarCenter]

5. They polled both men and women

The World's Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society
http://www.pewforum.org/Muslim/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society.aspx

[msongs]

4. religion, the gift that keeps on giving nt