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Understanding Islam

Website of the organisation Understanding Islam which aims to explain the principles of Islam, provide background information and answers to questions and criticisms. The site includes questions and answers, articles and discussions arranged into subject headings such as social issues, political issues, penal law, sources of Islam and the Qur'an. Within these sections there are discussions of the law relating to marriage, divorce, children and inheritance citing the Qur'an and Sunnah (example set by the prophet Mohammed) as sources of Islamic law.

Researching Islamic law: Malaysian sources

Online guide to Islamic law in Malaysia, by Shaikh Mohamed Noordin, a law librarian based in Kuala Lumpur. The guide was published in 2009 (and updated in 2021) on New York University's Globalex website. It covers the establishment of Islamic law in Malaysia and the Islamic law tradition. There is a section on sources of Islamic law and examples of Malaysian legislation, focusing on Islamic family law, procedural law, criminal law and financial law.

Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria 1999-2006: A Sourcebook

Online version of 'Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria 1999-2006: A Sourcebook', by Philip Ostien. The book was published by Spectrum Books in 2007 and is provided here on the website of the University of Bayreuth's project, 'Sharia Debates in Africa'. The book is arranged into five volumes with the following headings: historical background; Sharia Implementation Committee reports and related white papers; sanitizing society; Sharia penal and criminal procedure codes and two famous cases.
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