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>So how does that relate to socio-political movements that have called for the installation, or accommodation for communal use, of Shariah law? What I mean is, if very few to none of the national instances of purported Shariah law have credibility among Muslims, then is it safe to assume that these movements have a different philosophical orientation to the interpretation of Shariah that the hope to implement? Or are such movements little more than vocal minorities even within the Muslim communities for which they presume to speak? Or have I altogether misunderstood the situation?

first, I would say that such movements exist more as a result of disillusionment with sloppy implementations of Islamic law in the world rather than as a result of it. You don't really hear anybody claiming to want to copy Saudi Arabia. Secondly, I'm not sure what philosophical orientations of modern state solutions are so I can't really contrast them with grassroots Islamist movements, however, I will say that many movements are not exactly steeped in scholarly learning, rather they tend to either invoke religious slogans to rally people behind political causes, or they sincerely believe that the solution to all their problems is to adopt a form of government more rooted in Islamic principles, whatever they may be. Perhaps that makes them identical to states. Also, there isn't really a consistent attitude towards Islamist parties across the Muslim world, dozens of countries and 1.5 billion people.

>What about sentencing? The impression that one gets from media reports on Shariah law is that the sentences tend to be strict. Is that fairly accurate, or is that mostly indicative of the application of Shariah law in certain national contexts? My assumption would be that, if the law itself is purposely left vague to allow for the judgment of the person applying that law, then you would want sentences to be proportionately soft, since a vague law would leave some opportunity for injustice.

sorry I was not clear. What I meant by lenient was more like permissive or accommodating. It's entirely possible that there are numerous possible interpretations of sacred law, all of them considered harsh or strict by today's standards, and it's entirely possible that there are numerous interpretations, some of them are harsh and some of them are surprisingly not harsh. Ultimately, I think law deserves to be examined dispassionately, without agenda or desire to sanitize for a particular audience. As for criminal sentencing, really a very small part of shariah, the vast majority of crimes are left to judicial discretion. Only four different crimes have prescribed punishments in the Quran. And yes, judicial discretion allows the possibility of abuse though the religious emphasis is to not punish.

>Of the first set of principles -- would it be possible for you to give a brief summary? Or is it complex enough to make that a hassle on a forum like this?

I can't really give a complete summary. Even a short one would be a small book. This is probably the best book in English on principles of islamic law, but it's very dense, and I don't recommend it unless you are already familiar with the subject - my own copy is covered in notes. I poked around on amazon and the same author has this which seems like a much better survey of the subject although I haven't read it.