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sharia

sho ree uh

  • n  the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed
    sharia is only applicable to Muslims

  • Bin Laden believes Muslim countries should be ruled according to Islamic sharia law, thus pitting him against the pro-Western regimes all over the Middle East.
  • For one thing, there is no Evangelical legal system like Islamic sharia.
  • Does anyone not understand the threat of selling products based on Islamic sharia law? Did PTI magazine purposely not mention the fact that there is a lawsuit challenging tax .
News & Articles

  • Sharia law book to be introduced in Dublin Muslim school?
    A proposed school in Dublin may teach children extreme Sharia Law if plans for the education facility get the go-ahead. Recently, an undercover reporter working for a BBC Panorama documentary, obtained text books used in several Saudi schools in the UK, which contained prejudice material.
    June 29, 2013 - Irish Central
  • Top Rabbi believes Catholic Church is imposing Sharia Law on Americans over contraception
    Rabbi Arthur Waskow, the well known Rabbi who is founder and director of New York's Shalom Center, has this week condemned what he calls the Catholic Church's 'outrageous attempt to impose sharia law on the US government and the American public.'
    June 29, 2013 - Irish Central
  • In Gaza, teen lifestyle gets cramped by Hamas
    By Eman Mohammed GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (WOMENSENEWS)-- A 14-year-old in Gaza Strip does not like the new rules that segregate her schooling from that of boys. She has plenty of company. But Hamas, which wants to impose Sharia, shows no sign of slowing down its drive to impose socially conservative regulations.
    June 28, 2013 - UPI
Quotes

  • Rowan Williams in Sydney Morning Herald
    Certain provisions of Sharia are already recognised in our society and under our law, so it's not as if we're bringing in an alien and rival system,said Williams, who gave a speech on the topic on Thursday night.
  • Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers in Independent
    The Lord Chief Justice told his audience: "It was not very radical to advocate embracing sharia in the context of family disputes, for example, and our system already goes a long way towards accommodating the Archbishop's suggestion. It is possible...
  • Adam Gadahn in Indian Express
    In a message to the US and its "crusader allies," Gadahn says: "The amount of respect we have for your international law is even less than the respect you hold for defined sharia, and our observance of it is comparable to your observance of sharia."

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