David Forte is Charles R. Emrick Jr.-Calfee, Halter & Griswold Endowed Professor of Law at Cleveland State University and author of Studies in Islamic Law (Austin & Winfield, 1999). This essay is based on his presentation at the May 6-7, 2006 History Institute for Teachers on Islam, Islamism, and Democratic Values, hosted by FPRI’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education. The institute, held in Bryn Mawr, Pa., was made possible by a grant from the Annenberg Foundation.
