Sharia Law and Women

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This paper explores the move towards more extreme acceptance of the Sharia laws for women in Islam. The paper explains that the Sharia are based on three sources, the Koran, the Sunna and the works of Muslim scholars from the first two centuries of Islam. The paper continues by explaining how these laws affect women, including their dress, marriage rights, legal obligations and punishments. The writer believes that many countries are moving towards a more extreme interpretation of the Sharia which has created a serious human rights problem for women in these regions.

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"In spite of various attempts to promote a discussion between the different cultures in the West and Islamic countries, specifically related to the implementation of Sharia, jurisdiction remains a Byzantine mystery. (Merriweather and Tucker 1999) There are different interpretations and applications of Sharia in the four different schools of Sunni law. These four schools are Hanafis, Malkis, Shafiis and Hanbalis."

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