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Islam Continued Morality Shariah Law • Set of moral rules • Set out by Allah • A path towards living a devout life • Legal rules to help govern Muslim society •Qur’an • Sunna •Hadith Origins of Shariah •If not covered in the above: legal experts provide interpretations, called fiqh Implementing Shariah • Obligatory actions / duties (5 Pillars) • Recommended actions (e.g., charity work) • Neutral actions (not covered by Shariah) • Discouraged actions (e.g., divorce) • Forbidden actions (e.g., murder, adultery) Shariah Law in Canada • Muslims observe shariah in non-legal moral areas • Some want to use shariah to solve legal disputes, e.g., family disputes, marriage, divorce • Some people fear equality rights of women could be threatened if shariah replaces civil law Fatwas • interpretations of scripture for today •A fatwa: a religious opinion on Islamic law from a scholar •Can be on any matter Family Life • Arabia during Muhammad’s time: harsh & patriarchal • Qur’an improved the treatment of women • In Canada, husbands & wives share household and child rearing duties • Challenge: finding gender roles that respect Canadian laws & nurture families, still reflecting Islam’s teachings Clothing • Based on virtues of modesty & respect • Styles vary worldwide: • Garment covering whole body when outside one’s home, may or may not cover face • Western style clothes, headscarf (hijab) • Modest dress following local customs • Men: covered at least from navel to knees Education • Muslim schools: madrasas •Areas of study: Arabic, Qur’an, shariah, Hadith, logic, Muslim history Diet •Foods allowed: halal • Foods forbidden: haram • e.g., alcohol, pork • Meat must be slaughtered in a ritual way •Kosher foods are permitted when halal foods are not available Sexuality •Catholics, Jews & Muslims affirm the joy of sexual relationships between husband & wife •Same purpose of conjugal love: •Good of the spouses •Transmitting life Islam teaches •Sexual relations ritual impurity • Ritual purification before prayer •Sins: premarital sex, masturbation, homosexual acts & pornography •Islam not against artificial birth control, joined Catholics at UN condemning government-imposed birth control regulations.
