Islamization of “Muhammadan Law” in India

Abstract

I. Introductory Remarks
One of the bounties bestowed on Muslims by Allah (SWT) is the Shari'ah:
the Divine guidance and code of conduct, necessary to achieve success in
this world and the world hereafter. For the colonists who subjugated Muslim
lands it appeared necessary therefore to first deprive Muslims of their source
of sustenance and symbol of identity. The first target of their attack was the
Shari'ah; every aspect of which was ridiculed, belittled or truncated. It is
difficult to improve upon Isma’il Raji al Faruqi‘s graphic description of this
onslaught. He who wrote:
By the colonialists directly, or by their native stooges, everything
Islamic fell under attack. The integrity of the Qur’anic text, the
genuineness of the Prophet (SAAS), the veracity of his Sunnah,
the perfection of the Sharibh the glories of Muslim achievements
in culture and civilization - none of them was spared. The purpose
was to inject doubt in the Muslim’s confidence in himself . . .
to subvert his Islamic personality . . . lacking the spiritual stamina
necessary for resistance . . . the Muslim was turned into something
neither Islamic nor Western, a cultural monstrosity of modem
times ...