USA TODAY: …It finds that Muslims in Africa, Asia and the Middle East — no matter age, education or gender — overwhelmingly want to see sharia be “the official law of the land,” said James Bell, primary researcher for the report and director of international research for Pew, in a press phone-in discussion of the report.
That includes 99% in Afghanistan, 89% in the Palestinian territories, 74% in Egypt and 72% in Indonesia, for example.
However, they don’t agree on what sharia means. “There is no monolithic code. … No common understanding from Africa to Asia to the former Soviet Union,” said Amaney Jamal, professor of politics at Princeton University and special adviser to Pew for the report… (more)
