Boko Haram Boko Haram made headlines in 2014 when they kidnapped 185 Nigerian school girls, as well as young boys and older women on this rampage.17 According to Fox News, "Boko Haram has kidnapped an unknown number of girls, women and young men to be used as sex slaves and fighters. ... Wahhabism is seen as a strict sect of Islam because they follow the original laws of the Quran to their own literal interpretation. ... Boko Haram's principle goal is to see the secular legal code of Nigeria converted into Sharia law.31. If Boko Haram's goals were to be accomplished, Nigeria wou...

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Within three days of the Oklahoma City besieging in 1995, more than 200 contempt law violations were conferred against Bedouin Americans and American Muslims; the same was valid for the days after September 11, 2001. ... Inside three days of the Oklahoma City besieging in 1995, more than 200 contempt law violations were submitted against Bedouin Americans and American Muslims; the same was valid for the days emulating September 11, 2001. ... There have been about twenty standard changes, official requests and laws influencing settlers or non-foreigner guests, 15 of which predominately target B...

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The Saudi Arabian government considers the Quran to be its constitution and therefore the state is governed by Islamic law. ... The Consultative council also proposes new laws and amends current laws. The judicial branch consists of a justice who administers according to Islamic law. ... Therefore, it is very difficult for the royal family to apply new laws that conflicts with the Muslim's Sharia Law especially because one of the main reasons they remained stable for this amount of time was due to the country's unity under the Sharia Law. ... Today, Saudi Arabia's nationwide...

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In a rapport by Lutz (2014), it is stated that cultural biases are compounded by poverty; and this leads to many poor families in for example Middle East; parents who can only send some children to school will see boys as a better investment for the family. ... Western scholars and intellectuals view Islam as a major factor that determine women's condition in society and they often pinpoint Saudi Arabia as an example due it being one of the countries who has its constitutional laws based on Islam (sharia). ... Islam even goes to the extent of stating that if a government (Islamic) prohibi...

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Saudi Arabia has one of the lowest crime rates in the world because crimes simply aren't reported; they have one of the lowest recorded incidents of rape for any country because rape victims will get stoned or lashed for adultery if they report it, not because sharia law has magically ended all civil discord. ... But do you see Catholic pedophiles or rapists or school shooters being funded with billions from across the globe and cheered on by millions? ... The CIA, MI6 and Interpol have all said that the greatest risk to European security today is Muslim citizens of European countries tra...

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., 2004) They encouraged thought and creativity by building schools and hospitals. ... The sultans established an efficient system of government and laws. Suleiman developed the kanun into a code of laws and rulings independent of the Shari"ah laws derived from the Quran. ... This system worked well because each community used their own law for internal affairs and collected taxes on their own terms. ...

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Rather, humans base their laws directly on God's will, and if uncertain of some political or social matter they base their laws on the values which God supports, mainly justice and mercy. ... The variation of interpretations and opinions on Islamic law might prove challenging for implementing Democracy in an Islamic context. ... It is important to realize that our beliefs are influenced by primary institutions, such as family, and secondary institutions, such as school. ...

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The rise of radical Islam threatens the entire world because violent jihadists openly and fearfully challenge societies with pure disregard to law and established institutions. ... On some occasions, legitimate governments advance such radical views by enacting legislation that elevate Islam over other religions and just falls short of pure application of Sharia law. According to Vidino (2008), the greatest threat from radical Islam in the Middle East is not the violent jihadists nor do the peaceful revolutionaries who challenge governments that do conform to Sharia law. ... On African soil,...

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What really caused a spike in this campaign was the routine prayer and religious statues in public school classrooms. After multiple law suits against the school board, the case finally reached the U.S. Supreme Court and prayer was banned from public schools "much to Christians' displeasure. ...

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The Qur'an comprehends the complete code to the laws and values of Islamic culture based on the ethical teachings and tradition written by the Prophet Muhammad. ... Islam's diversity derives from the various schools and the different divisions within Islam, as well as differences in cultural background and levels of religious observance. ... Unless under extreme circumstances arise there are no exceptions to these set of traditional laws. Jewish law is clear that a life can not be taken unless it is reasonably clear that life isn't taken before its time and that one is not to ...

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In this essay "The Role of Islam in Pakistani Politics", I will begin with distinguishing between the two schools of thought which are at the forefront of Pakistani politics. ... He also brought reforms to the Muslim family law ordinance. ... Another duty of the Advisory council was to advise the government if any new law was antagonistic to the Islamic law. ... Ayub Khan also attempted to change the Marriage Family laws of Pakistan. ... The family laws provided women greater rights, which curbed the freedom with which men could divorce their wives. ...

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Ali, Mohammed's cousin and son-in-law was chosen as caliph. ... The ulama consists of Muslim scholars, judges and legal advisors who study and implement Islamic law. ... Establishing mosques, bureaucratic institutions and madrasahs, Islamic schools, the Ottoman Empire was stabilizing as it grew. ... While there were distinct laws that all Muslims were required to follow, respect was given to local ritual as long as it wasn't in conflict with widely accepted tenets of faith. ... Different strains of Christianity and Judaism were accepted and protected by law under Ottoman rule. ...

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He used two thirds of the country's budget for law enforcement and an army because there could be no progress without peace. ... The government created many schools to teach students foreign languages, along with military and naval technology, mining, shipbuilding, and telegraph communication. ... Since Kemal believed that new schools would be a step in the right direction to produce a forward looking Turkey, all schools in the republic passed under control of the education ministry. Kemal's first reforms went towards institutions, the sultanate and the caliphate, schools, and courts...

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And while poor treatment in Islamic cultures can be attributed to radical regional customs which are easily debunked by the words of the Koran, Hindu culture, with its lack of an offical religious text, has little to govern the treatment of women by, thus opening up the door for tradition and public opinion to serve as Hindu law. ... The horrors faced by Hindu women were mainly the cause of ancient laws and customs passed down from one generation to the next, in much the same way some Islamic cultures have functioned. ... This obsession with keeping females in close proximity to their family...

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Pre-modern Judaism constituted (and traditional Judaism today constitutes) an integrated cultural system of Jewish law, custom, and practice encompassing the totality of individual and communal existence. ... They would acknowledge God, agreeing to obey his laws; God, in turn, would acknowledge Israel as his particular people. ... During the first centuries of Islam its law and theology, the basic orthodox Islamic disciplines, were developed. The 700s and 800s saw the emergence of the first major Islamic theological school, called the Mutazilites, who stressed reason and rigorous logical ratio...

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During this time period in Senegal, Senegal was undergoing a culture reform by the introduction of new laws an policies, which gave more rights to woman. Many people where giving up their traditional trades and attending school to acquire enlightenment. ... Assioute and Ramatoulaye where friends that attend the same school, and became activist for acquiring rights for woman within Senegal. ... After her divorce she found herself going back to school and advancing in her career field; in which she then became appointed to the Senegal embassy within the United States. ...

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Furthermore, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have for many years adopted laws and policies in the name of combating violence or "terrorism-, which are not in consistency with their obligations under human rights law and standards. ... Such measures include arrests, trials by special or military courts, new anti-terrorist laws or increased application of existing such laws, and restrictions on freedom of association and expression. ... In fact, The United States itself passed a law like it that allows the trials of terrorists before military courts, and Britain set up a simil...

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They would take these children to Istanbul or another central part of the Ottoman Empire, and convert them to Islam.2 After being positioned as a janissary in the Ottoman Imperial administration, Mehmed demonstrates he is a "brave officer at the Sultan's court" and moves on to become a Great Admiral of the Fleet, eventually becoming the Sultan's son-in-law. ... He even goes as far as taking his grandchildren out of school. ...

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