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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Al Baik" data-source="post: 13525679" data-attributes="member: 326965">[YOUTUBE]sJy9AblBpTA[/YOUTUBE]Which legal tradition has the following characteristics? <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Equality before the law  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Innocent until proven guilty  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The right to counsel  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The right to due process  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Judges are not answerable to political rulers </li> </ul>Most people might say the American or European legal systems. That could be  true. It would also be true if someone said the Islamic legal tradition. Perhaps  this is why in 1935, the United States Supreme Court honored Prophet Muhammad  (peace be upon him) as one of the <a href="http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/north&southwalls.pdf" target="_blank">18 greatest lawgivers in human history</a>. The late Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah, an acknowledged expert on international  law, has written two thought-provoking books in which he argues that Islam  pioneered international law and the first written constitution of the world was  developed by Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) when he founded the city state  of Madinah.[1] Sharia has been presented by fear mongers as monstrous, murderous and a grave  threat often without even understanding what the term means. The word sharia means a “path” or “a way” in Arabic and it covers a huge  range of human activity. On a personal level, sharia is a system of guidance for  every day life.  It is not an exaggeration to say that it covers a person’s  entire existence. Birth, death, marriage, diet, hygiene, sex, beliefs, theology,  prayer, fasting, charity and funerals are all covered by sharia. Historians  disagree on when exactly Muslims arrived in the Americas. Some argue that  Muslims came to the west 5 centuries before Columbus while others say it was in  the 14th century. Either way, sharia has been practiced in the west for a very  long time. On a broader level sharia covers a large number of legal branches such  as: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">finance and trade  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">civil law  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">international law  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">constitutional law  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">family law  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">inheritance  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">tort law  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">criminal law  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">military law </li> </ul>Each area of law has its own specialization, its own highly developed  procedures and regulations and a broad range of legal interpretations and  understandings. Scholars of Islamic law agree that time, place and social  customs impact the law and its rulings. The vastness and comprehensive nature of Islamic law often eludes simple  minded bigots or those “experts” on Islam that would like to reduce sharia to  short, fear inspiring soundbites. For over a thousand years Islamic scholars and jurists have neatly defined  the core values and goals of the sharia. Based on their exhaustive understanding  of the primary sources of the law, legal experts tell us the objectives of  sharia are to protect: religion, life, intellect, progeny and wealth.  Contemporary legal scholars are seeking to expand the list to include concepts  such as fundamental rights and liberties, economic development and peaceful  coexistence among nations.[1] Cf. The Muslim Conduct of State, and, The  Written Constitution of the World, by Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah----------------------------------------------------<a href="http://islamacloserlook.com/what-is-sharia/" target="_blank">http://islamacloserlook.com/what-is-sharia/</a></blockquote>

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