At least some aspects of it. Take the punishment of stoning for adultery as an example: it serves as a strong deterrence. It is a step taken to preserve the family structure, to ensure the correct upbringing of children through the receipt of all their rights (emotional and financial), it is a step take to prevent the bastardisation of the children of society who may be deprived of having both parents, it is a step taken to prevent the defamation of people involved, it is a step taken to secure the marital relationship from deceit and betrayal, it is a step taken to ensure loyalty, it is a step taken to confine sex to the bedroom and not publicise it, it is a step taken to prevent the occurrence of pregnancies where the father is not obliged to care for the mother and child and the mother may be left to deal with her own provisions, and so on and so forth.
I think it's very important to realise that shari'ah should be taken wholly as opposed to selectively. We have countries where a given crime is awarded the punishment in accordance to shari'ah...but are the requirements for the punishment met in accordance to it too? Is the person leading the trial doing so in the correct, Islamic manner? Are bribes being taken? Are richer people let off the hook? Are rulers living in palaces while the poor are starving? Etc. Etc.
As such, in the idyllic shari'ah society, such a law would prevent many family problems and societal problems (for the man, the woman and the child, also, one particular happening may eventually influence others to follow pursuit). But in a modern day country, is it as straightforward? Added to the complexity may be factors such as porn, nudity and obscenity, as well as lifestyle factors and how easy it generally is to flirt with the opposite sex. As such, imho things would need to be taken step by step - the first of which may be to remove nudity from public view; the last of which would be the prescribing of the hadd law; between these being a number of stages working towards eliminating adultery. For example, the banning of alcohol was not sudden - rather it was a process implemented by divine injunction in steps.
I think it's very important to realise that shari'ah should be taken wholly as opposed to selectively. We have countries where a given crime is awarded the punishment in accordance to shari'ah...but are the requirements for the punishment met in accordance to it too? Is the person leading the trial doing so in the correct, Islamic manner? Are bribes being taken? Are richer people let off the hook? Are rulers living in palaces while the poor are starving? Etc. Etc.
As such, in the idyllic shari'ah society, such a law would prevent many family problems and societal problems (for the man, the woman and the child, also, one particular happening may eventually influence others to follow pursuit). But in a modern day country, is it as straightforward? Added to the complexity may be factors such as porn, nudity and obscenity, as well as lifestyle factors and how easy it generally is to flirt with the opposite sex. As such, imho things would need to be taken step by step - the first of which may be to remove nudity from public view; the last of which would be the prescribing of the hadd law; between these being a number of stages working towards eliminating adultery. For example, the banning of alcohol was not sudden - rather it was a process implemented by divine injunction in steps.
