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Seeing "Sharia law" referred to as a definite entity is a little strange. It's like someone saying "under common law...". It's cromulent, but only on general pr
by danharaj 10y ago
Seeing "Sharia law" referred to as a definite entity is a little strange. It's like someone saying "under common law...". It's cromulent, but only on general principals not many specific statutes. There are several countries that follow Sharia, just like many countries follow civil law or common law.
Relevant here because there are countries that follow Sharia that don't enforce such a curfew.
- rgejman 10y agoUpvote for use of the word "cromulent."
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoDoes anyone have a definite idea which school of Sharia jurisprudence Hamas even follows?
- cloudjacker 10y agoThe article mentioned that the ruling government follows some part of Sharia law. And I'm sure the rest would take a lawyer to interpret, just like everywhere else, because the commoner interpretation of "why" is different than the legal or religious interpretation of "why"