Sentence examples for understanding of shariah from inspiring English sources

Judges were left to decide cases according to their understanding of Shariah codes, which were seen as permitting the mild application of violence against "disobedient" wives.

The majority of cases are tried in community courts run by male religious leaders who all too often end up enforcing their own, frequently misogynistic, understanding of Shariah.

Mr. Aboul Fotouh tried to articulate an understanding of Islamic law, or Shariah, that emphasized individual freedoms and social justice.

This vernacularization of the Qur'an and Sunnah has deepened the understanding of Islam among the believers but it has also diluted the traditional Arab monopoly over matters of Shariah.

Respondents' likely answered questions on shariah based on their understanding of the concept, but those views were not measured in the survey, nor communicated to the Fox News audience.

"These are the effects of Shariah.

Saudi Arabia follows an ultraconservative interpretation of Shariah, or Islamic law.

After all, both systems acknowledge the primacy of Shariah law.

In this context, the rise of Shariah has proved seductive.

You have justice built into the system of Shariah".

Shariah is Islamic law; Al Qaeda and many less violent Islamic fundamentalists support the universal enforcement of an intolerant form of Shariah.