In addition to the Qur'an, shariah is based on the Hadith, a complementary collection of sayings, and the Sunnah, which are practices of Islam's founder, the Prophet Muhammad. |
Moreover, Saudi Arabia and Iran have notoriously carried out even the more grisly penalties of shariah. |
This transaction has to be recorded by an adoul, a scribe recognised under shariah. |
You will, of course, see on your travels that women are notably absent in the historical development of shariah law. |
The opening round has been dominated by baseless charges that Koh would have American courts impose shariah law. |
Reports trickling out from those who have been left behind describe a city under Isis's strict interpretation of shariah law in which punishments for transgressions include flogging, amputating of hands and executions. |