There has been a lot of ruckus surrounding the topic of sharia in America today. I have been reading articles on The Message International on how to better explain sharia to our fellow Americans. I wanted to share a link to this publication which I think can help many others too inshAllah:

http://messageinternational.org/what-is-shariah-and-why-does-it-matter/

http://messageinternational.org/?s=shariah