Sharia

or Sha·ri·ah, Sha·ri·ʿa, Sha·ri·ʿah

[ shuh-ree-uh, shah-ree-ah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Islam.

sharia

/ ʃəˈriːə /

the body of canonical law based on the Koran that lays down certain duties and penalties for Muslims

Origin of Sharia¹

First recorded in 1855–60; from Arabic sharīʿah “law,” from sharaʿa “to prescribe”

Origin of Sharia¹

Arabic

Advocates claimed that it helped to preserve virtue and to affirm the application of Sharia law.

Certainly the American idea of separation between church and state is lost in Sharia-style governance.

These fanatical groups wish to create fundamentalist enclaves in which some version of Sharia law will prevail.

To Western eyes and ears, Sharia law seems devoid of respect for differences of opinion or complex moral thinking.

Earlier this week she pleaded with ISIS to uphold the verdict of a makeshift Sharia court, which ruled that he was not a spy.

She was in an arabeeyeh, and passed me quickly along the Sharia en-Nahhasin.

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