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Definition of Islamic law

1. Noun. The code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed. "Under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Islamic Law

Literary usage of Islamic law

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"... the ultraconservative Islamic movement that controls 90 percent of the country, claimed that it was drafting a new constitution based on Islamic law. ..."

2. The Experiences and Challenges of Science and Ethics: Proceedings of an by National Research Council (2003)
"Islamic bioethics is an extension of Shariah (Islamic law), which is itself based on two foundations—the Koran and the Sunna (the aspects of Islamic law ..."

3. Pakistan: A Country Study edited by Peter R. Blood (1996)
"This requirement meant that any laws passed by legislative bodies had to conform to Islamic law and any passed previously would be nullified if they were ..."

4. Tracking Gender Equity Under Economic Reforms: Continuity and Change in by Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Ratna M. Sudarshan (2003)
"Muslim women's inheritance rights among the patrilineal groups of south Malabar, Cochin and Travancore were generally on the lines of Islamic law, ..."

5. Women and the Glorious Qur'an: An Analytical Study of Women-related Verses by Gunawan Adnan (2004)
"Beberapa Problematika Hukum Islam (Some Problems of Islamic law). ... Ilmu Kenegaraan dalam Fiqh Islam (The Science of State in Islamic law). ..."

6. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"... the ultraconservative Islamic movement that controls 90 percent of the country, claimed that it was drafting a new constitution based on Islamic law. ..."

7. The Experiences and Challenges of Science and Ethics: Proceedings of an by National Research Council (2003)
"Islamic bioethics is an extension of Shariah (Islamic law), which is itself based on two foundations—the Koran and the Sunna (the aspects of Islamic law ..."

8. Pakistan: A Country Study edited by Peter R. Blood (1996)
"This requirement meant that any laws passed by legislative bodies had to conform to Islamic law and any passed previously would be nullified if they were ..."

9. Tracking Gender Equity Under Economic Reforms: Continuity and Change in by Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Ratna M. Sudarshan (2003)
"Muslim women's inheritance rights among the patrilineal groups of south Malabar, Cochin and Travancore were generally on the lines of Islamic law, ..."

10. Women and the Glorious Qur'an: An Analytical Study of Women-related Verses by Gunawan Adnan (2004)
"Beberapa Problematika Hukum Islam (Some Problems of Islamic law). ... Ilmu Kenegaraan dalam Fiqh Islam (The Science of State in Islamic law). ..."

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