Does Sharia Law Promote Women’s Rights? Cinnamon Stillwell In thinking about women’s rights, sharia law, or Islamic law, doesn’t typically come to mind.Yet, according to a survey conducted by Dalia Mogahed, executive director and senior analyst of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies and appointee to President Obama’s Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the two are closely intertwined. Her survey alleges that a majority of Muslim women believe sharia law should either be the primary source or one source of legislation in their countries, while viewing Western personal freedoms as harmful to women.The survey’s findings appear in the...