The umma and sharia play an integral role in Islamic society. Umma, which is defined as an Islamic community or the totality of all Muslims, actually means “people”. In the Quran there is reference which indicates a nation of people that are part of a divine plan.1 In the early days it was the umma of Muhammad that developed Islam, which was segregated to only true believers. Non-believers, like the Meccans, were excluded just like some Muslims today exclude many non-believers or infidels from their Islamic community or umma.
Sharia, which literally means “the road to the watering hole”, is the clear path or right way that Muslims are to follow. It is God’s guidance for humanity and a source of law and moral guidance which is the basis for both Muslim law and ethnics. It was inspired by the Quran and Sunna as well as Muslim scholars over the first few centuries of Islam. Although Shaira is law it actually extends to all aspects of religion, politics, social, domestic......
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