Sharia

the Byzantine Empire drew it’s legal system from the Roman’s. Compared to this, the Islamic Caliphate’s legal system was solely based on Sharia Law, or Islamic Holy Law. Sharia Law offered a detailed guidance on proper behavior in almost every aspect of life. Legal scholars and jurists drew inspiration from the Quran and teachings of Muhammad to create the Sharia. This would be more than a religious doctrine, it would become the system which dedicated marriage, family life, inheritance, slavery,…

Islamic law has several sources, which are the primary sources Al-Quran and Sunnah, as well as the secondary sources such as the interpretation by the scholars. In recent years, there is a tendency towards fundamentalism. Modern scholars believe the Islamic Jurisprudence should be renewed, and the classic jurist should lose their special status. This require formulating a new fiqh suitable for current society. It aims is not to challenge the fundamental of Islam, but to clear away the…

Religion today makes people who they are, it is the basis for most cultures and a way of life to some. Religion has been giving people of all races and cultures a meaning to their lives, it gives people a purpose. Women throughout history have had to fight for equality and have always been treated different from men, women were not even allowed to vote until late 1920’s. These restrictions on women were in some ways due to religious beliefs that restrict women rights and activities. A prime…

I will not stand for sharia law and the acceptance of unnecessary deaths, fascism, and the pain of millions of people. Nobody should stand for islamic fascism. While not all islam believers and Muslims are evil or dangerous, the myth and belief that radical Islamists are a minority is not true, and can be proven with statistics. Radical Islam is gaining momentum and confidence, and our country will be in chaos if we let it affect us, or our peers the way that it has affected many Islamic…

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apply on female apostates, they supported imprisonment until they rejoin Islam. Hanafi scholars stated that a female apostate should not be given the death treatment, as it was forbidden to kill women under Sharia. However, Maliki, Shafii, Hanbali and Ja'fari scholars interpreted other parts of Sharia to allow death as an alternate punishment for Muslim apostate women, in addition to imprisonment. All in all, the view on Apostacy under Islamic law is a controversial topic. Nevertheless, those…

Islamic tradition was always unwritten and codifying it was somehow against fiqh or sharia because they were never meant to be codified. Sharia is not codified because it allows different opinions of scholars to be heard and it allows system of flexibility in itself and by codifying laws they were limiting those flexibilities. India was colonized by British and the British decided to have codified rules for India since sharia law was too flexible and this made difficult to determine the outcome…

The Sharia Debate in Ontario: Gender, Islam, and Representations of Muslim Women’s Agency Summary: In this article, Anna Korteweg, was taking a look at the controversial Sharia Law debate that was happening in Ontario. Korteweg begins her article by discussing what had happened during the debate. In 2004, a notion to bring “Sharia Law” as part of the Arbitration act for Muslim families to settle disputes without the court was brought up. This sparked a widespread debate on how Sharia law can…

The United States is mostly known for its double standard policy toward other countries. This policy is mostly common for the Middle East, Africa, and Gulf countries because of political interest. In an interview conducted with a BA degree holder on International Politics from Pennsylvania State University and who spent a couple of years in the Middle East, Melinda Maule asserted that “we completely overlook the human rights and other abuses committed by countries like Saudi, Israel, Egypt, and…

Most literally, jihad means a struggle for one’s own faith. This definition has been applied to many aspects of Islamic life including faith itself, the Qur’an, the hadith, and the Sharia. Initially, these applications of jihad were intended not as a justification for the vicious spread and protection of Islam. Jihad is shown here to be a means through which the Muslim community defends itself as a whole. Individuals can use jihad…