Therefore, the Shariah should not be interpreted as discriminatory.

quot For these reasons, the Islamic Shariah confers to the right of divorce on a woman only by decision of a Shariah judge. quot

The Shariah equally emphasized the importance of women in society.

At present, the courts applied the Shariah laws, but not very strictly.

(d) Attended two weeks refresher course in Shariah Laws at Federal Judicial Academy Islamabad.

(c) Attended six weeks training course in Law and Shariah at NIPA Lahore. (Punjab Province)

Al Ittihad has announced that the Transitional Federal Government is not acting according to shariah law.

Attempts to Islamicize the country by introducing the Shariah appeared to go back on earlier agreements.

(a) Attended courses in Law and Shariah at Federal Judicial Academy Islamabad from October 1981 to December 1981.

Discrimination was also prohibited under Islamic law (Shariah), which was the principal source for the legislation of Qatar.

The representative referred to the Shariah as the main source of law that the Government had to obey.

60. These punishments, or hududs, can only be avoided or commuted in circumstances prescribed by Shariah law itself.

They should not come near the Shariah. It should be above the constitution, and not an article for referendum.

The Islamic Shariah in force in the Kingdom never imposes capital punishment on persons who have not attained their majority.

The attack on the Government of the Sudan in the field of human rights started with the application of Shariah

(b) Attended six weeks course in Shariah at Madina University Saudi Arabia from third week of February 1982 to 15 April 1982.

Fundamentalists, such as al Ittihad, the shariah courts and al Islah, aim at ultimate control of the people and territory of Somalia.

Al Ittihad, for example, wants to use its military power against the Transitional Federal Government to impose shariah law on Somali society.

Some states also had customary courts, such as Shariah courts, for dealing with problems of custom and practice specific to certain areas.

The Government was urged to take a leading role in its interpretation of the Shariah as a model for other Islamic countries.

The Syrian Arab Republic entered a reservation to article 9, paragraph 2, on the ground that it was incompatible with the Islamic Shariah.

This flexibility of the Islamic Shariah helps to satisfy the disparate needs of men and women and serves the interests of both parties.

Custody of expatriate children is regulated in accordance with Shariah based regulations which are designed to protect the best interests of the child.

Certainly the insurgence in the Nuba Mountains has nothing to do with either the Shariah laws or the abolition of local tribal administration.

453. The members of the Committee inquired whether the Shariah was applied in the non Muslim states in the south of the country.

In some countries the Shariah had been interpreted in a more progressive way, as a result of the political will of the Government.

One of the accused groups was the Ansar al Shariah Brigade, which was quick to support the demolition, but denied any responsibility for it.

Clarification was sought on the Shariah and how it was applied. The representative stated that it was a main source of legislation in Yemen.

Based on experience in other countries, the Committee proposed further options, in accordance with the Shariah, for parents to treat all their children equally.

As a will was not allowed under the Shariah, parents could give a gift during their lifetime so that all children would inherit equally.

Therefore, efforts should be made to proceed to an interpretation of the Shariah that was permissible and did not block the advancement of women.

They indicated, nevertheless, that the Shariah allows for whipping, which is reportedly also carried out in public in order to serve as a deterrent.

The Syrian Arab Republic entered a reservation to paragraph 4 of this article owing to the fact that it is incompatible with the Islamic Shariah.

In that connection, the Government had decided that the Shariah would not be applied in the south, where the inhabitants were of a different culture.

132. In additional comments, members observed that they were still unclear about the reasons for the country apos s maintenance of its reservation to the Convention. They said that the reservation was very much related to the question of interpretation of the Shariah. They felt that the Shariah was very supportive of women apos s equality, rights and dignity.

Reservations by the Syrian Arab Republic to article 16, paragraphs 1 (c), (f) and (g) and paragraph 2 owing to their incompatibility with the Islamic Shariah

240. Asked about the equal right to own and inherit land, the representative stated that the Shariah stipulated that men inherited twice as much as women.

I recall with fury how I was refused a job in a Damascus school because I refused to wear the Shariah compliant black stockings while at school.

It also believes that the Transitional Federal Government will attempt to destroy it along with the shariah courts, and therefore it has no alternative but to fight.

The leadership of the shariah courts is reportedly also of the opinion that the first priority of the Transitional Federal Government would be to neutralize the courts.

In cases where no provision is made, the current Personal Status (Druze) Act refers the cadi to the provisions of the Islamic Shariah (Hanafite school of law).

A comprehensive and robust financial system based on Islamic Shariah principles now operated in parallel with the conventional domestic financial system, which had been deregulated and liberalized.

Noting the attempts to exploit the issue of human rights to discredit the principles and rules of Islamic Shariah and to interfere in the affairs of Islamic States

But was the Ansar al Shariah Brigade really behind the attack on the US Consulate? The nature of Libya s post revolution armed Islamist forces is by no means straightforward.

After I left Damascus, I was shocked when I saw how Shariah compliant dress codes changed from one society to the other and from one country to the next.