‘Islamic Law – Barbaric or Misunderstood’ event

I organised an event on Wednesday 25th March, the ‘Islamic Law – Barbaric or Misunderstood’ event was held at University Centre.

The event considered the term Shariah (and its partner-term 'extremism') and considered some key questions: do we really know what Shariah stands for or what role it has to play? Is it a system of barbaric harsh punishments that suppresses people and oppresses women? Or is Shariah far from that and rather a solution to social breakdown?

The event included discussions about ‘Terrorism (Crossing the Limits)’, whether religion does more harm than good and whether multiculturalism has failed. Based on his recent work, Hamza Andreas Tzortzis contrasted the ability of liberal and Islamic models in solving social proble

To watch the event in full (2 hours), please click here to access the film - the extended Q and A starts at 0:53:21