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Sharia: Islamic law
Sharia, Sharī'ah, Shari'a, Shariah or Syariah is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Qur'an and hadith. In Islamic terminology sharīʿah refers to immutable, intangible divine law; contrary to fiqh, -the practical application of sharia in a sense-, which refers to its interpretations by Islamic scholars.

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