This article refers to another blog posted earlier about whether courts should apply Sharia law in certain cases...www.economist.com/node/17251830

Sharia Law

This site explains the history of Sharia law and the current status.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article3377345.ece

CBS report on Sharia Law

Here is a link to a CBS story on America's reaction to Sharia law that might be interesting.

Sharia law

Here is a quick overview of Sharia law and how it interacts with foriegn governments.

Sharia Law Part II

http://www.radicalislam.org/content/islam-governing-under-sharia

This website is another easy to read source for background on Sharia law.

Sharia Law

http://www.religioustolerance.org/islsharia.htm provides a general overview of Sharia Law.

Inside Islam

I love podcasts. I listen to them while I'm doing housework, on long car drives, or when I get ready in the morning and I've already missed the news. (Weekends, mostly.)

While doing some general research on women and Sharia law, I found this incredible interview with a law professor at the University of Wisconsin, Asifa Quraishi. She's an expert on Sharia, and also teaches classes on Constitutional Law. (You can read about her on the law school's website) The interview is great, and provides a really solid foundation to start more research, if you're interested.

If you prefer, you can download the MP3 here.

Also, the series this is from, Inside Islam, is very good. I've listened to a few episodes already, and I'm impressed by the variety of people they interview and the even-handedness of everything. It's produced by Wisconsin Public Radio as part of the "Here on Earth" show. The topics are pretty varied, and are broken into categories on the information page.

UPDATE: Our own Prof. Huhn weighed in on Sharia law in one of his recent blog posts, if you're interested.

Banning Sharia law in Oklahoma

They're going to vote on it: http://normantranscript.com/headlines/x1560862339/SQ-755-ban-raises-questions-concerns