Articles about Shariah are collected on a Times Topics page at The New York Times.

Read a July 31, 2013, New York Times story that says harsh measures in Afghanistan that many attribute to Shariah are actually linked more to tribal customs than to Islamic law.

Read an Aug. 13, 2013, guest column posted by United Press International, in which retired Marine Lt. Col. James Zumwalt warns of attempts at a global Islamic takeover in which Shariah would be the universal legal code.

Read an Aug. 1, 2011, Center for American Progress interview about Shariah with Asifa Quraishi and the Rev. Welton Gaddy.

Read a July 26, 2013, Religion News Service story about North Carolina Muslims’ hopes for a gubernatorial veto of anti-Shariah legislation there.

Jan Michiel Otto is professor of law and governance in developing countries and director of the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. He is an expert on Shariah and edited the book Sharia Incorporated: A Comparative Overview of the Legal Systems of Twelve Muslim Countries […]

This July 25, 2013, explainer from the Religion News Service answers common questions about Shariah.

Kelly Collinsworth is an assistant professor of legal studies at Morehead State University in Morehead, Ky. She has taught a course called “Harry Potter in the Law,” which uses the series as a context in which to discuss the role of government and legal institutions.

Read an April 8, 2008, article from the Associated Press (posted by the Washington Post) about the raid on the Texas polygamist compound.