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[95] [126] According to the United Nations, Kuwait's legal system is a combination of British common law, French civil law, Egyptian civil law and Sharia. [127] The Sharia-based personal status law for Sunnis is based on the Maliki fiqh and for Shiites, their own school of Islam regulates personal status.
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."
[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 ...
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.
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.
Sharia law makes a distinction between adultery and rape and applies different rules. [ 214 ] [ 227 ] [ 228 ] In the case of rape, the adult male perpetrator (i.e., rapist) of such an act is to receive the ḥadd zinā, but the non-consenting or invalidly consenting female (i.e., rape victim), proved by four eyewitnesses, is to be regarded as ...
[186] [187] [188] The National Forces Alliance, the largest political group in country, does not believe the country should be run entirely by Sharia law or secular law, but does hold that Sharia should be "the main inspiration for legislation." Party leader Jibril has said the NFA is a moderate Islamic movement that recognises the importance ...
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