Views and Assumptions about Sharia and their Implications for Foreign Policy -- Sharia: A Fixed Set of Norms that Are Exclusively Binding upon all Muslims? -- The Islamisation of Law? Identifying the Main Trend and Responding to It -- Addressing the Question of (In)Compatibility of Sharia-based Law with National and International Rule of Law Standards, Particularly Regarding Human Rights? -- Coming Up with a Framework for Foreign Policy towards the Muslim World -- General Preconditions for a Foreign Policy towards Muslim Countries -- Notes -- References.