This text is missing some spaces, please add them: Islam,likeJudaism,isareligionoflaws–itisthelegalcode,notatheology,whichestablishesthecriteriaofrightandwrong,properandimproperbehavior.LikeHalakhah,Shari’aisbelievedtobeordainedbyGodanditsscopetobetotal,rangingfromtheloftiestidealstotheminutiaeofdailylife.
Islam, like Judaism, is a religion of laws – it is the legal code, not a theology, which establishes the criteria of right and wrong, proper and improper behavior. Like Halakhah, Shari’a is believed to be ordained by God and its scope to be total, ranging from the loftiest ideals to the minutiae of daily life.