Shari’a law is heterogeneous divine scripture, not a uniform legal code

Evidence

Shari‘a law is not monolithic. It is not a menacing body of uniform law ordained by a state, “or one book or a single collection of rules. Shari‘a is divine and philosophical.” Interpretation of Shari‘a, or Fiqh, ranges depending on the degree of education and expertise of the individual, the individual’s method of construction, age, gender, race, and a wide range of other variables. Mirroring the diversity of the global Muslim population, interpretation of Shari‘a is heterogeneous. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 305

Categorization

• DEFINE: Core working definition distinguishing Shari’a (divine scripture) from Fiqh (human interpretation) — exactly the vocabulary the reader wants.
• QUESTION: The Shari’a/Fiqh distinction could be worth chasing for precision on the relationship between divine text and interpretive jurisprudence.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 305
• XREF: connects to: Legal prohibition without religious-institutional embedding remains only nominal — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 8206; Anti-Shari’a proponents misdefined the term as a totalitarian doctrine — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 307; Sharia was codified by the ulama as imperial administrative law — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 291

Broader Connections

• Anti-Shari’a proponents misdefined the term as a totalitarian doctrine #complicates (0.65) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 307
• Sharia was codified by the ulama as imperial administrative law #qualifies (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 291