What is sharia law? Does that belong to the sunnis or shiites or someone else?
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Sharia Law is law that is derived from the quran and hadith (sayings of the prophet). Depending on the way it is interpreted islamic law can be extremely oppresive. However, if interepeted properly it can be moderate, even liberal. It doesn't Belong to sunni or shia. They are different sects who interpret it differently. Many die-hard radicals from sunni and shia sect will say that only their interpretation is correct and the other side is deviant. Some go as far as to label them heretics. However the different sects appeared because of a difference of opinion on who should be the leader of muslims. In other words, disagreement over sharia law. They both agree with the fundamentals of Islam, therefore are both considered muslims. Both are free to interpret sharia law as they understand it.
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No, but they have come up with another Shi'ite Islamic law and so they can be an Islamic state in accordance with the thirteener Shi'ite Islamic law.  \n\n\nYou may all worship me now as a God.
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Islam is a religion, but not in the western meaning of religion. The western connotation of the term "religion" is something between the believer and God. Islam is a religion that organizes all aspects of life on both the individual and national levels. \n\nIslam organizes your relations with God, with yourself, with your children, with your relatives, with your neighbor, with your guest, and with other brethren. Islam clearly establishes your duties and rights in all those relationships. \n\nIslam establishes a clear system of worship, civil rights, laws of marriage and divorce, laws of inheritance, code of behavior, what not to drink, what to wear, and what not to wear, how to worship God, how to govern, the laws of war and peace, when to go to war, when to make peace, the law of economics, and the laws of buying and selling. Islam is a complete code of life. \n\nIslam is not practiced in the mosque only, it is for daily life, a guide to life in all its aspects: socially, economically, and politically. \n\nIslam is complete constitution. Thus Islam keeps the Muslim away from confusion, because Islam is logical and rational. Allah is one. Allah is one Allah has no sons. Allah is not associated with trinity. Allah does not kill to save. No mediation is required between Allah and man. Islam organizes human nature, but does not go against it. There is not a class of clergy in Islam; nor is there celibacy. Islam is complete way of human life. \n\nSource : Islamway
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Well, he wanted to abolish the predominant Anglo-Saxon law and introduce the Shariah. The Shariah is the Islamic system of law, which generally intrudes all aspects of life. According to Shariah, it is mainly the hadith, Quran (Koran), the elite jurists (Muslim scholars) that sort of determine the law. Zia also issued Islamic economic practices and chose Muslim politicians. he furthered his agenda when Iran underwent its own Islamic revolution. thus, I would disagree that Islamization was not his intent (as one of the answers states above).\n\nDetailed notes of the process would result in an overly extensive essay, and for this reason I simply recommend to make a quick search on Yahoo. For a general answer take a look at the encyclopedias (Britannica, Wikipedia) and for more detailed information its best to search for books.
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ATTENTION MUSLIMS: This sect is not recognised by mainstream Islam. It is considered deviant. This practice IS MAJOR SHIRIK (Association of God), and it is the greatest evil. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS THING.
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The ruling system that emanates from Islam is neither theocratic nor republic. It's unique; Islam is not being implemented in it's totality anywhere in the world. The misconception is that countries such as Saudia Arabia and Iran can be considered Islamic states, however, that is not the case. Furthermore, the Islamic state permits it's citizens to practice other religions, in contrast, to what was just conveyed earlier by the other person. If your intention is to attain a better grasp of the ruling system under Islam then I recommend the book that I inputed under the heading "Source(s)" in the bottom. I hope I was to some avail in respect to your inquiry.
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No, it is aginst Muslim Law.
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I've included links to the Criminal Code Act and to one state's Islamic Shari'ah Penal Code.  These should help get you started.
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India is a secular state with a constitutional system where family laws are also protected. That way, the Islamic family laws are protected by the constitution though in its Directive priciples it expects the Union government to introduce a common civil code.\n\n'Darul Qaza' in Islamic law is referred to the Islamic Courts. But 'Darul Qaza' has no authority or force to get their decisions implemented through any enforcing agency. Hence, 'Darul Qaza' can not be termed as either in conflict with or parallel to the Indian judicial system.
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Kurd is an ethnicity and not a religion, they are Muslims. they come from northern Iraq between Turkey and Iraq.\n\nShiites and Sunnis are Muslims too they ALL worship Allah and adhere to the same Quran which is ONE Quran.\n\nthe difference between Sunnis and Shiites is a political difference stems from after the death of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).\n\nShiites believe that the successor of the Prophet should be a descendant of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) while Sunnis believe that it should be based on Votes.\n\nthe difference in religion is on the Hadith, they don't use the Hadiths that were narrated by the Prophet's companions, ONLY the ones narrated by Ali the Prophet's cousin (may Allah be pleased with him).
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The split between the Shiite and the Sunni Muslims occured when Ali, leader of the Arab Empire was assasinated in 661 AD.\n\nThe Shiite believe that when Ali was killed he was the last true caliph (ruler) and everybody after him weren't true leaders because they weren't his descendants.  Shiite are the majority in Iraq and Iran.\n\nThe Sunni Muslims accepted the Umayyad rule after Ali and make up thr overall majority of thr Middle East. \n\nNow they aren't fighting as much over the rightful kings, but fighting because they were brought up as rivals.  Its like Yankee fans vs Red Sox fans.  They are just rivals and it isn't as much about the cause of the rivalry anymore.
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first the base of islam for shites and sunnis is the same the difference is so much historical rather than religious sunnis think the leader of islam and muslims must be chosen by free voting shites think that the son`s of Ali ( prophet muhammed cousin and son in law ) are the only one to role , the fact that sunnis and shites are fighting is new as it just appeared in iraq as a game of political balance ( thanks for usa iraqi people survived sadam to enter civil war) that is not a rule not all shites fight sunnis ( there are some shites living in maroc a sunni country and they are peacefull)
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The differences of Shia and Sunni muslims are -\n\nShi'a Islam, Even though it is the second largest denomination of Islam, among the hundreds of millions of Muslims Shi'a muslims are considered to be a minority in number. Shi'a Muslims adhere to what they consider to be the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and the religious guidance of his family whom they refer to as the Ahlul Bayt. Thus, Shi'as consider the first three ruling caliphs of Islam a historic occurrence and not something attached to faith. The singular/adjective form is Shī’ī (شيعي.) and refers to a follower of the Household of Muhammad and of Ali ibn Abi Talib (Imam Ali) in particular\n\nSunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. They are referred to as Ahl ul-Sunna . The word Sunni comes from the word sunna , which means the tradition of the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad. Sunnis are also referred to as Ahl ul-Sunna wa-l-Jama'ah (people of tradition and congregation) which implies that the Sunnis are united. They represent the branch of Islam that came through the caliphate, which started with Abu Bakr.\n\nSunni (Arabic: سني ) means follower of the sunna of the Prophet, with some details.
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Guess what? Your source for your question previously is not entirely correct. Women are, in fact, allowed the right to divorce. Also, a person who speaks ill of Prophet Muhammad(swt), etc isn't sentenced to death - at least not from what I've read in fiqh books. \n\nAnd yes it is the duty of every Muslim to adhere to the Shariah as long as it is from Quran and Sunnah. period.
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Islam (Arabic: الإسلام; al-islām (listen (help·info)), "submission (to the will of God)") is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the world's second-largest religion. Followers of Islam are known as Muslims. Muslims believe that God revealed his divine word directly to mankind through many prophets and that Muhammad was the final prophet of Islam.
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hello.. i guess you are not being specific about what you really need to address.. alternatively, u can visit www.islamicfinder.org to seek ur answers..
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Democratic is a better option if you have people in your country who aren't Islamic.  And, pretty much every country has people who aren't Islamic.  Also, the various sects disagree on certain points of Islam, so basing your laws on a specific religion like that is going to cause a lot of friction between the sects.