The Future of Shari'a: Secularism from an Islamic Perspective
Channel: EmorySchoolofLaw
Date: 2012-07-17

Shari'a, the "passageway into being Muslim," must be freely observed by believers and loses its value when coerced by the state, said Abdullahi An-Na'im, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory and a CSLR senior fellow. Islam loses authority when the government forces it on its citizens.