but brunei is certainly not alone in its interesting of sha sharia.sharia i worldwide in many places, especially in the west, but sharia is extremely popular in parts of the muslim world. i would argue that it is seen as indigenous to muslim countries, not an imposition to the west, and was historically associated with high morals and values as opposed to the brutality of the a rarabian desert. it is also seen as an improvement over the arbitrary rule of dictators. so when westerns lived under military despots, they would imagine an opportunity to it, shaped by their own morals and religion. he makes an interesting point. we often ignore the high standards that sharia sets. for an adult conviction to be obtained under sharia, for example, he said the suspect must confess four times or four men of good adult character must testify they witnessed the act in question. he said we also ignore the extremes of our own systems, such as the life sentences that are routinely doled out for relatively minor drug crimes. as he puts it, it sometimes seems that we a

sharia law. they sentenced her to 100 lashes. irnd shas after the child's birth. what happens now? embassies are expressing alarm. what, if anything, can be done? here to help answer some of the questions is a law professor robert george at princeton university. he is also chairman of the u.s. commission on international religious freedom. that is the u.s. government's bipartisan body that works to defend the universal right of religious freedom overseas. go to see you, professor. >> thank you, fredricka. good to be on the show. this is a very, very sad story. >> it really is. can any one or any other government really intervene here? >> well, all the governments of the world need to be speaking out and bringing pressure on the sudanese regime, a terrible violator of religious freedom and other human rights, but even regimes like the sudanese regime will respond to international pressure. the united states to its great credit has smoken o spoken out, the united nations, the united kingdom and they need to live up to commitments under vari

on this program, we've been sounding this alarm how brutal and inhumane sha ria law is to women. here is what sharia law will represent in other states, saudi arabia and iran and requirement that women get permission from their husbands for daily freedoms, beating of disocho bead yenlt women and girls and execution of people that are gay. women in afghanistan can't work, can't go to school. we see in iran what happens, people's hands get chopped off. if you get raped as a woman you need four male eyewitnesss to prove it. >> a country that sits on the brink of coming understae ing u law, i hear one thing from the usually deafening wovoices of liberal women's groups. silence. we bring in our studio. [ inaudible ] -- audience for reaction. what do you think of the hashtag? >> a lot of people argued it's the hashtag to plow and brutality taking place not just in the middle east and i think it's disingenuous because it's brutality and acts of terror that shaked our collective consciousness and we have woken up despite the fact they lobbied against boca haram. >> they were listening to move on.org. why wo