Imagine: a Perfectly Islamic State

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So who are these Cordoba people?

Shari'ah Index Project
Imagine: a Perfectly Islamic State
Goal: To define, interpret and implement the concept of the Islamic State in modern times.

http://bigpeace.com/files/2010/08/http___174.132.114.190_arkdev__qcontent_shariah-index-project.pdf

The pillars of Shariah are based on five – some say six sacrosanct rights and principles. Breaching any of them is considered a major sin that requires punishment.

The most important is the protection and furthering of life. Then there is the protection of religion – which includes all three Abrahamic faiths and, through most of Islamic history, other religions as well.

It was this principle that the Muslim world evoked during the controversy over cartoons lampooning the Prophet that were published in a Danish newspaper. The same principle prohibits Muslims from satirising elements of any religion.

Another pillar is the protection of dignity and honour, which can be used as a basis for punishing slander, which recently became a crime in the UAE under the country’s new media law.

The same principle is behind UAE cases where drivers have been prosecuted for making rude gestures at other road users, who took it as an insult to their dignity.

Similarly, a woman can sue a man, even a stranger, for a lewd or inappropriate comment that “undermines her honour”.

Protection of lineage, another pillar of Shariah, is the basis for criminalising adultery and, as was decided by muftis in Dubai last year, for banning IVF.

Protection of the mind or intellect includes the protection of sobriety, the basis for prohibiting Muslims from drinking alcohol or using any mind-altering substance, except under a doctor’s orders.

The final pillar of Shariah is the protection of property, an element that many scholars say contributed to the economic growth of early Muslim states.

Shariah Index will rate countries’ Islamic law - The National Newspaper

I put this in "conspiracy theories" because I am not familiar with the source. According to bigpeace, the PDF has been removed from the Cordoba site. But assuming that's the goal of the Cordoba Initiative (which will be housed at Park51), does anyone have a problem with this?