Another factor that impedes victims from coming forward is some interpretations of Sharia, or Islamic law.
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Islamic law bans any depiction of the prophet, and Muslims consider likenesses of Mohammed blasphemous.
This is the latest example of Saudi Arabia's fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law attracting international criticism.
Among them is the question of the role that sharia, or Islamic law, will play.
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In short, SCF is the practice of investing in conformity with Islamic law (Shariah).
Shariah finance is an extension of Islamic law, pushing a faith-based alternative to Western banking.
Indeed, he should be protected under Islamic law, rather than threatened with death or imprisonment.
The sentencing is the latest example of Saudi Arabia's fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic law attracting international criticism.
Tattoos are proscribed by Islamic law, but like alcohol, they were legal under Egypt's nominally secular former regime.
Major cities such as Gao, Kidal and Timbuktu fell and a strict form of Islamic law was imposed.
Sharia does, and it is Islamic law alone that all good Muslims, wherever they may live, must follow.
Finance that complies with Sharia, or Islamic law, is still a niche within the ethical investing niche.
Some Saudi clerics have criticised allowing women onto the Shura Council, saying it was against Sharia (Islamic law).
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While its revelatory inspiration is divine, Islamic law is man-made and thus subject to human interpretation and revision.
In it, the AQIM leader criticised the Mali militants for implementing Islamic law too quickly and predicted France's intervention.
Rather than training new students in Islamic law, banks are pushing for finance programs targeted at existing Sharia scholars.
Islamic law says they should be buried as soon as possible after death.
The PKS has dropped its calls for Islamic law and is working to integrate into Indonesia's secular political system.
Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, practices a puritanical version of Islam and is governed by Shariah, or Islamic law.
"One of the basic principles on which shariah (Islamic law) is based is the protection of the health, " he says.
Media laws ban material that is deemed to be against Islamic law and some private stations have angered religious conservatives.
Since the time of the caliphs, however, Islamic law has been interpreted to forbid non-Muslims from entering these holy cities.
But when asked to divide up an intestate's assets, they follow Islamic law, giving daughters half as much as sons.
Islamic law gives you the ideal understanding of how society is supposed to be ordered as far as Muslims are concerned.
Islamic law of Morocco applied and that under that law the funds used by Zouheil were his sole and separate property.
"The city of Timbuktu is founded upon Islam and will be judged only through Islamic law (Shariah)" reads a billboard there.
"It's particularly important for classes to be diverse, for people to have familiarity with Arabic studies and Islamic law, " he said.
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"As a Muslim, I know this case is a matter of Islamic law, " says Mohamed Jihad, a teacher at the school.
The king said he had consulted religious scholars, who had approved the participation of women in accordance with Sharia (Islamic law).
Some districts on the main island of Java have introduced bylaws that resemble Islamic law, and regulate matters such as women's dress.
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