The denial of sharia (Islamic law) in Egypt and other Arab countries is at the root of the unrest in the region, Saudi religious scholar Ayed bin Abdullah al-Qarni said.
In an article in the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat, al-Qarni said the Egyptian people wanted Islam as their "means of reform" when leaders of the 1952 revolution cast sharia aside, choosing instead to rule according to a constitution based on English and French law. [Christian Broadcasting Network] Read more [via National Secular Society]
