That is an important preface to what I'm about to say, which is that although in the west, as we were just discussing, there is a t
endency to focus on very particular aspects of the Islamic sharia, aspects that we in the west find very difficult to accept—notably, some of the provisions relating to women, some of the provisions relating to kinds of punishments, and so on, for criminal offences, etc.—in fa
ct sharia is a very large body of law that deal
s with a whole vast array ...[+++] of things in the areas of criminal law, family law, property law, and all these kinds of things.
Voilà un important préambule à ce que je m'apprêtais à vous dire. En Occident, on a tendance, comme on venait d'en débattre, à mettre l'accent sur des aspects très particuliers de la charia islamique, des aspects que nous trouvons très difficiles à accepter, notamment certaines des dispositions relatives aux femmes, à des types de punitions pour des infractions criminelles, etc.
