Can anyone explain this to me?
Penn law students tackle Islamic law case
http://newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story/1720003p-9532262c.html (snip) As part of a project sponsored by the United Nations, the class's sole task would be to craft an updated crime code for the Republic of Maldives, an island nation of 278,000 people in the Indian Ocean.
The code was to be based on the Shariah, a body of Islamic law that fundamentalist nations have used to subjugate women, crush free religious expression and impose personal behavior laws criminalizing homosexuality, alcohol consumption and sex outside marriage. (snip)