Sharia

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Tae Arabic-speakin fowk, sharia (shariah, shari'a, sharīʿah; Arabic: شريعةšarīʿah, IPA: [ʃaˈriːʕa], "legislation"),[1] cried Islāmī qānūn (اسلامی قانون) an aa, means the moral code an releegious law o a prophetic releegion.[2][3]

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  1. Ritter, R.M. (editor) (2005). New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors – The Essential A-Z Guide to the Written Word. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 349.
  2. "S̲h̲arīʿa" Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Brill Online, 2014
  3. Rehman, J. (2007), The sharia, Islamic family laws and international human rights law: Examining the theory and practice of polygamy and talaq, International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 21(1), pp 108-127