shariatization

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Etymology

From shariatize +‎ -ation.

Noun

shariatization (uncountable)

  1. The adoption of, or conversion to, Sharia law.
    • 1994, Olivier Roy, translated by Carol Volk, The Failure of Political Islam, Harvard, published 1994, page 30:
      Although the ulamas and mullahs are potentially fundamentalist, they are never the ones who take power to implement a policy of "shariatization," with the exception of Iran in 1979.
    • 2010, Usama Butt, Pakistan's Quagmire, Continuum International, page 10:
      The short-lived Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, coupled with Taliban's “capture” of cities “very close to Islamabad” sent shock waves globally, with a media frenzy focusing on the possible “Shariatisation” of Pakistan.
    • 2012, Malise Ruthven, ‘Reason & Religion’, Literary Review, number 399:
      Tibi may be correct in warning his readers about the totalitarian aspirations of modern Islamism, with its vision of a restored transnational Ummah and what he calls the Shari’atisation (ie Islamisation) of law and social practices, which would entail the suppression of women and minorities and general assaults on freedoms of speech and political organisation.