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The twelve Sharia states are Zamfara, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Niger, Sokoto and Yobe. [66] Borno, Gombe and Yobe have not yet begun to apply their Sharia Penal Codes. [67] The rest of Nigeria has a mixed legal system of English common law and traditional law. [32]
[4] [5] [6] Sharia, or fiqh as traditionally known, has always been used alongside customary law from the very beginning in Islamic history; [7] [8] has been elaborated and developed over the centuries by legal opinions issued by qualified jurists – reflecting the tendencies of different schools – and integrated and with various economic ...
A ban on sharia law is legislation that prohibits the application or implementation of Islamic law in courts in any civil (non-religious) jurisdiction.In the United States for example, various states have "banned Sharia law," or a ballot measure was passed that "prohibits the state’s courts from considering foreign, international or religious law."
The report is furthermore described as a "compendium of conspiracy theories and anti-Islamic claims, including the notion that 'many of the most prominent Muslim organizations in America are front groups for the Muslim Brotherhood,' which, the report claims, is trying to implement Sharia law across the U.S. and around the world." [5]
However, Sharia law can exist as a source of inspiration for individual Muslims, in line with the Quran, and that application of Sharia principles does not necessarily entail a radical legal system. [1]: 696–697 A few cases in the 2000s in the United States where Sharia law played some role were also cited by opponents of Sharia law.
However, the United States ended its policy of neutrality between France and the United Kingdom when it declared war against the United Kingdom, beginning the War of 1812. The United States government was briefly dislocated from Washington D.C. during the war when the capital was captured and burned by British forces in 1814.
The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.
A copy of the Qur'an, one of the primary sources of Sharia. The Qur'an is the first and most important source of Islamic law. Believed to be the direct word of God as revealed to Muhammad through angel Gabriel in Mecca and Medina, the scripture specifies the moral, philosophical, social, political and economic basis on which a society should be constructed.