Although the equitable division of community property can sometimes mitigate the harsh application of this law, Texas may be the state which best personifies Tammy Wynette's famous song Stand by Your Man as a marriage principle for many women.
DAKAR, Senegal — Islamists who control northern Mali have publicly amputated the hand of a man they accused of robbery, continuing an increasingly harsh application of what the vast region's new masters consider sacred law.
Incensed by his treatment, Wildebood, a journalist, wrote a campaigning biography, Against the Law, which on its publication in 1955 helped to crystallise opinion against the harsh application of sexual offence laws.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, an Al Qaeda splinter group notorious for its harsh application of Islamic sharia law, continued its advance, seizing the small town of Adeim in Diyala province after Iraqi security forces pulled out, according to a local official cited by the Associated Press.
Thus, the commercial norm buyers ought to honour their commitments even under changed market conditions was enforced by the courts through a seemingly harsh application of an unrelated rule concerning rejection.
Regardless of how its name is translated, the group, notorious for its harsh application of sharia, or Islamic law, is contributing to instability in Iraq and beyond.
NEWS Even as the world makes plans to recapture northern Mali by force, the Islamists who rule the region show no qualms about continuing their harsh application of Shariah law.
This harsh application of Shariah law, with people accused of being thieves sometimes having their feet amputated as well, has occurred at least 14 times since the Islamist takeover last spring, not including the recent vow of more to come, according to Human Rights Watch and independent observers.
Islamic State espouses a harsh application of Islamic sharia law that dismisses preservation of historical relics and sites as idolatry.
