topics and questions to write about that are necessary for the paper:
Operationalizing Islam as a variable to study the relationship between Islam and democracy: Will the politics of sharia hinder a democratic transition in Egypt and Jordan?
• The politics of sharia in 1) in constitutional debates, 2) in the position of the state towards sharia, and 3) in opposition activism to implement a sharia-based political system in regard to Egypt and Jordan and other Muslim countries.
• Examine the most recent manifestations of the politics of sharia in all three areas listed above (limit historical background: provide historical information on a ‘need to know’ for the reader to follow basis)
• After you research the politics of sharia in these areas in both countries (Egypt and Jordan) offer an assessment of in which country does Islam pose a greater challenge to a democratic transition?