Project Will Rate Muslim Countries On Adherence To Shariah

UAE's The National today reports on the Cordoba Initiative. Led by New York-based Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, its goal is to create a "Shariah Index" that will rate majority-Muslim countries on how closely they adhere to the principles of Islam. Rauf says: "What are the principles that make a state Islamic? We can say among them is justice, protection of religion and minorities and elimination of poverty, and so on." Among those funding the project, designed to improve relations between Muslim countries and the West, is the Malaysian government.