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Shari'ahLegal and moral code of Islam, systematized in the early centuries of the Muslim era (8th–9th century AD). It rests on four bases: the Qur'an; the sunna, as recorded in the Hadith; ijma, or agreement among scholars; and qiya, or analogical reasoning. Shari'ah differs fundamentally from Western law in that it purports to be grounded in divine revelation. Among modern Muslim countries, Saudi Arabia and Iran retain Shari'ah as the law of the land, in both civil and criminal proceedings, but the legal codes of most other Muslim countries combine elements of Islamic and Western law where necessary. Most Islamic fundamentalist groups insist that Muslim countries should be governed by Shari'ah. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| They may alternatively sit together with, or seek advice from, those learned in Shari'ah. Muhammad al-Tabtaba'i, dean of Kuwait University's Shari'ah Department. Islam's historic resistance to Christianity, based on its own theology of supersession, its disastrous experiences and memories from the epoch of the Crusades, and its imposition of shari'ah (religious law) have made conversion to Christianity and baptism in the name of the Triune God illegal and punishable by death or ostracism. |
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