Definitions

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  • noun the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed

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Examples

  • The PA does not have sharia as its basic law (not actually a statement that makes sense if she understood what is meant by Sharia).

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • `G SHARIA LAW SYSTEM- Any alien who fails to attest, in accordance with procedures specified by the Secretary of Homeland Security, that the alien will not advocate installing a Sharia law system in the United States is inadmissible.'

    Tuesday, September 30, 2008 As'ad 2008

  • The sharia or Islamic law regime approved recently by President Asif Ali Zardari will not be confined to Malakand division, which includes Swat, and the Taliban wants the system to be enforced in other parts of Pakistan, Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said on Monday. “ (Sharia) is not only for Malakand division, it is for all humanity, for all Muslims.

    The Times of India 2009

  • They are their own worst enemies and we should help enforce sharia to destroy them and stop all immigration from Sharia states!

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • What is clear from this development is that Islam is setting up all the structures of a state, there is already the Spritual presence, there is the Islamic legal structure of sharia in the UK and the social structure as you know follows Sharia, there is the financial sharia system which is growing in the UK, we already have sharia compliant loans and mortgages, now we have the development of mass production of Islamic foods,

    UP Pompeii Gandalf 2010

  • A debate between two moderate muslims - both of whom were against the widespread imposition of Sharia Law - and one Anjem Choudary, the 'Islamic Lawyer' who seems to believe that the Sharia is the cure for the entire world's ills.

    Sky News, Choudhary and Sharia Law Dungeekin 2009

  • A debate between two moderate muslims - both of whom were against the widespread imposition of Sharia Law - and one Anjem Choudary, the 'Islamic Lawyer' who seems to believe that the Sharia is the cure for the entire world's ills.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • In fact, the Arabic word "Sharia," that comprehensive body of laws Muslims are to obey, is etymologically related to the word for "pathway" - as in, "the pathway to paradise."

    Pajamas Media 2010

  • In fact, the Arabic word "Sharia," that comprehensive body of laws Muslims are to obey, is etymologically related to the word for "pathway" - as in, "the pathway to paradise."

    Pajamas Media 2010

  • Sharia is a centuries-old body of law based on the Quran and other Islamic religious texts.

    Sharia Creates Controversy in US 2010

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