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	Sharia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sharia has certain laws which are regarded as divinely ordained, concrete and timeless for all relevant situations (for example, the ban against drinking liquor as an intoxicant).
		For traditional Sunni Muslims, the primary sources of Islamic law are the Qur'an, the Sunnah, the unanimity of Muhammad's disciples on a certain issue (ijma), and Qiyas (drawing analogy from the essence of divine principles).
		In 2003, for example, a Malaysian court ruled that, under Sharia law, a man may divorce his wife via text messaging as long as the message was clear and unequivocal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sharia (5083 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Today's issues \| Sharia law
		Sharia law, which derives from the teachings of the Koran and from Sunna (the practice of the prophet Mohammed), is implemented to varying degrees in different Islamic countries - from the beheadings of Saudi Arabia, to the relatively liberal social mores of Malaysia.
		He has stated that "sharia is not a new thing and it's not a thing to be afraid of", and said the federal government would not dispute the rights of states to use it.
		In March, the government ruled that the strict version of sharia law practised in Nigeria's north was illegal under the country's constitution.
	www.guardian.co.uk /theissues/article/0,6512,777972,00.html (1210 words)

	Sharia
		Sharia is often referred to as Islamic law, but this is wrong, as only a small part is irrefutably based upon the core Islamic text, the Koran.
		Sharia is primarily meant for all Muslims, but applies to a certain extent also for people living inside a Muslim society.
		Fiqh is the science of Sharia, and is sometimes used as synonymous with it.
	i-cias.com /e.o/sharia.htm (537 words)

	Sharia Law, Islam, Chriatianity, Constitution, Sharia Courts, Sharia Court of Appeal, Court of first instance, Northern ...
		Sharia is on the other hand, in a restricted interpretation, a set of laws that guide Islamic countries and Moslem nations.
		The consequence of lack of provision of Sharia Court of first instance is that questions of Islamic personal law may be determined by the usual English Magistrate or High Courts which may be presided over by persons not versed in Islamic law.
		To promulgate Sharia Law in all its ramifications in the State will be inconsistent with the provisions and the spirit of the 1999 Constitution, which we all as citizens of this country have by consent or default agreed to uphold.
	www.law.du.edu /elliot/gsmith/Sharia_EmmaO.htm (1240 words)

	Why Sharia Law Must Be Opposed
		Sharia law is the instrument by which Political Islam seeks to control the Muslim world.
		The Sharia should be opposed for its imposition of theocracy over democracy, its abuse of human rights, its institutionalized discrimination, its denial of human dignity and individual autonomy, its punishment of alternative lifestyle choices, and for the severity of its punishments.
		These calls should be vigorously opposed; the Sharia conflicts with many basic human values, such as equality before the law, that punishments should be commensurate with the crime, and that the law must be based on the will of the people.
	www.ntpi.org /html/whyoppose.html (1187 words)

	LLRX -- Finding the Law: Islamic law (Sharia)
		Sharia controls the family and property interests of Muslims in countries where personal law is determined by religion, and it is the law referred to in such matters concerning Muslim citizens of such countries by courts in jurisdictions where nationality is the criterion for personal law.
		Islamic law derives from the Koran (Q'uran) and from the Sunnah and hadith: the writings of prophets and scholars, mostly until the fall of Baghdad in 13th Century.
		Islamic law merits study not only for its substantive role when called upon by civil law in matters of family relationships and property or by religious courts, but also because it may be a motivating force inspiring judges in their application of civil and commercial laws.
	www.llrx.com /features/islamiclaw.htm (4417 words)

	Shariah Islamic Law - The Sharia
		The sharia basically is being demonized in the world today and this is greatly due to ignorance and what the media has done to taint the image of muslims all around.
		First, law is not the main, or even major, vehicle in the total framework for the reinforcement of morality; it is the individualâ€™s belief, the individualâ€™s God-consciousness and taqwaâ€”that inherent and innate quality which makes one want to refrain from what displeases God and do what pleases Him.
		As against a court, which must act according to law once a case is brought before it, an individual is free to act as he or she wishes.
	www.shariah.net (6146 words)

	Proposed Sharia Law In Ontario
		Sharia-based laws would be similar to faith-based tribunals already permitted by the Canadian province for Catholics and Jews to use the principles of their faiths to settle family disputes.
		It can be important, for instance, for a Muslim to be granted a divorce under Islamic law if he or she intends to move to a Islamic country and re-marry.
		One of the major challenges for the Ontario government is that sharia law is subject to a great deal of interpretation.
	riposte.blogster.com /proposed_sharia_law_ontario.html (327 words)

	Can Sharia (Islamic Law) work in the 21st Century?: Free Muslims Coalition
		Sharia laws were created to rule the vast expanding Muslim empire after 200 years of Prophet's death.
		Law of requirement of four adult male Muslim eyewitnesses to prove rape is a clear violation of common sense and Qura'anic use of the word "Sharia" as justice.
		Law of forcing divorced women to marry a stranger, have sex with him and get divorced from him to remarry her former husband is nothing but forced prostitution.
	www.freemuslims.org /document.php?id=41 (6174 words)

	Sharia Law
		Sharia Law completely obliterates, annihilates, and extinguishes the humanity of those who are subjected to its terror.
		Sharia law essentially makes it impossible for a female slave to obtain freedom without the consent of her owner.
		Racism is central to Islam, and the hypocritical mockery of justice, that is Sharia law.
	www.bereanpublishers.com /Persecution_of_Christians/sharia_law.htm (3828 words)

	Islam: Governing Under Sharia - Council on Foreign Relations
		The law is suffused with religion," says David Powers, a professor of Islamic law and history at Cornell University.
		Depending on the country, sharia courts that oversee marriage and other personal law matters are headed either by a secular judge or by an Islamic judge called a qadi.
		The Islamic finance industry, with estimated assets of $200 billion to $300 billion, represents a small chunk of the global marketplace, but is "already playing a significant role in the financial systems in the Middle East," said John B. Taylor, U.S. under secretary of the Treasury, in a 2004 address.
	www.cfr.org /publication.html?id=8034 (2631 words)

	Impact of Islamic Sharia Law on Saudi Arabia
		According to the country's "Hanbali" interpretation of Shari'a, once fault is determined by a court, a Muslim male receives 100 percent of the amount of compensation determined, a male Jew or Christian receives 50 percent, and all others (including Hindus and Sikhs) receive 1/16 of the amount a male Muslim receives.
		Under the provisions of Shari'a law as practiced in the country, judges may discount the testimony of nonpracticing Muslims or of individuals who do not adhere to the official interpretation of Islam.
		Magic is widely believed in and sometimes practiced; however, under Shari'a the practice of magic is regarded as the worst form of polytheism, an offense for which no repentance is accepted and which is punishable by death.
	www.exorthodoxforchrist.com /impact_of_islamic_sharia_law_on_saudi_arabia.htm (4607 words)

	Sharia law and Australia - On Line Opinion - 22/3/2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Certainly, before I had the opportunity to study Islamic law as a structured academic discipline, I had some serious misgivings as to whether Sharia law could ever be reconciled with international human rights law, let alone western democracy as we know it today.
		Contrary to this assessment, Sharia is an incredibly diverse and fascinating legal system, touching on areas such as family law, contract law, property and criminal law.
		For example, a frequent charge levelled against Sharia law is that it is oppressive and discriminatory to women.
	www.onlineopinion.com.au /view.asp?article=4282 (1006 words)

	Sudan under Islamic Sharia Law
		Throughout the country, the application of Shari'a to non-Muslims is to be limited, and courts may not exercise their discretion to impose the harsher physical forms of Shari'a penalties on non-Muslims.
		In accordance with Islamic law, a Muslim woman has the right to hold and dispose of her own property without interference, and women are ensured inheritance from their parents.
		Because under Islamic law, a non-Muslim woman is viewed as taking on the religion of her husband at marriage, a Muslim man may marry a Christian or Jew.
	www.exorthodoxforchrist.com /sudan_under_islamic_sharia_law.htm (4213 words)

	Sharia law is being practiced in Canada. (article) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		And now she is battling the arrival of sharia law in Canada.
		The law permitting a sharia court was passed in 1991, when Ontario sought to streamline the overloaded court system (and save money) by diverting certain civil cases to arbitration, including arbitration conducted on religious principles.
		Sharia law is based on the Koran, which, according to Muslim belief, provides the divine rules for behaviour.
	www.youmeworks.com /sharia_canada.html (1118 words)

	Can tolerant Canada tolerate sharia? \| csmonitor.com
		While no one here expects the increasing use of sharia to lead to some of the more radical rulings associated with Islamic law - stonings or amputations - critics worry that the rights of women are being sacrificed for the sake of multiculturalism.
		Sharia is a centuries-old Islamic system of justice based on the precepts of the Koran.
		Certainly the law doesn't provide for polygamous marriages - unions that aren't uncommon in Ontario's Muslim community and are being performed by the same religious figures adjudicating matters under sharia.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0810/p01s03-woam.html (1038 words)

	NewsHour Extra: Nigerian Court Frees Woman Sentenced Under Sharia Law -- September 29, 2003
		In Nigeria, the institution of Sharia in 1999 in 12 of the country's 36 states, led to violent clashes between the country's Christians and Muslims.
		Their main argument was that Sharia courts, and the conservative male judges who decide penalties, discriminate against women.
		While critics of Sharia are calling for the separation of mosque and state in some Islamic countries, critics of Western legal systems also question the separation of church and state in countries including England, which has a state church.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/extra/features/july-dec03/sharia_9-29.html (1066 words)

	Wide Angle . The Rock Star and the Mullahs . Debate: Islam and Democracy \| PBS
		In Muslim nations advocates for the implementation of Sharia (Islamic) law believe it will establish a more just society, where crime would be nonexistent given the harsh punishments that the law imposes, including flogging, amputation, and stoning.
		The maqasid (objectives) of the Sharia is to establish social justice, equality, tolerance, and freedom of religion in societies.
		The Sharia is elicited from the Qur'an and the Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
	www.pbs.org /wnet/wideangle/shows/junoon/debate_2.html (727 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| The many faces of Sharia
		Saudi Arabia has long practised a harsh form of the law, under which murderers and drug smugglers may be executed, thieves lose their hands, and adulterers may be stoned.
		And the Sharia's call for "jihad" - loosely interpreted as Holy War, but which can also be used metaphorically to mean conversion of the unfaithful - was stressed.
		Sharia has been most consistently applied in those societies without a significant non-Muslim population.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/621126.stm (644 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Other laws were based on rulings Muhammad is said to have given to cases that occurred during his lifetime.
		It can be important for a Muslim to be granted a divorce under Muslim law, especially if he or she intends to move to a Muslim country in the future and remarry.
		The National Association of Women and the Law, the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, and the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada argued that under Shariah law, men and women are not treated equally.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/islam/shariah-law.html (926 words)

	Center for Religious Freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sharia results in corporal punishment or death sentences for women for alleged sexual crimes, whereas men are invariably not punished;
		Though some form of sharia has long been part of Nigeria's civil law, some Nigerian states are expanding sharia jurisdiction to criminal law matters in ways that violate Nigeria's constitution and international human rights standards.
		Restrictions on the construction of churches have increased and dozens of churches in the northern sharia states have been destroyed.
	freedomhouse.org /religion/news/bn2002/bn-2002-03-27.htm (917 words)

	International Campaign Against Shari'a Court in Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Arjomand has pointed out that the introduction of Sharia Law in Canada is being considered as a matter of administrative expediency in arbitrations and, through encouraging arbitrations, governments are thereby hoping to ease the burdens on the courts.
		We, the undersigned collectively believe in a secular court and “one law for all,” and recommend that all family legal matters be removed from the Arbitration Act of Ontario, 1991.
		Implementation of the Sharia law in Canada, a Speech by Homa Arjomand in Ottawa
	www.nosharia.com /eng.htm (1731 words)

	Islamic Law, known as "Shariah": primary source of persecution of Christians.
		Shariah is the system of civil law that is based upon the Qur’an and the Ahadith and the work of Muslim scholars in the first two centuries of Islam.
		Under the Shariah laws in Afghanistan, the Taliban's religious police, formally known as the Department for Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue, enforce the Shariah laws.
		The instituting of a national law that incorporates both civil and spiritual laws is one of the principles that makes it difficult for Americans to understand Islamic nations.
	www.bible.ca /islam/islam-kills-islamic-law-shariah.htm (1428 words)

	JURIST - Paper Chase: Hamas leader says Islamic sharia law top priority after Palestinian election win
		Sheik Mohammed Abu Teir, who ran as the number two candidate on the Hamas ticket and who previously spent some 25 years in Israeli jails told a Canadian reporter "[s]haria has a soul in it and is good for all occasions".
		Hamas' plan to use Koran-derived sharia as "a source of law" mirrors language about sharia used in the new Iraqi constitution [JURIST news archive].
		Paper Chase is JURIST's real-time legal news weblog, powered by a team of 20 law student reporters and editors led by law professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2006/01/hamas-leader-says-islamic-sharia-law.php (309 words)

	Companies in Islamic (Sharia) Law
		While most of the laws are based on Shariah, specific areas of laws are now increasing adopting important aspects of Shariah which will be indicated below where GLS has advised and assisted clients.
		Except for Saudi Arabia, the banking laws and practices of countries of the Area are generally based on western banking systems.
		Although the argument on interest continues, Islamic banking is expanding in the Area where banks and investment funds based on Shariah banking are being established.
	www.gulf-law.com /islamic_law.html (443 words)

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