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most-recent Explainer: What is Sharia Law? Explainer: What is Sharia Law? https://www.islamicity.org/79003/explainer-what-is-sharia-law/ 79003 4322 0 Aug 27 2021 August 25, 2021 {wpcf-soft-date engaged} View of the Bosphorus strait from the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, inaugurated by the Ottomans in 1,557 CE. The last attempt to align Islamic law with a modern legislative framework was made by the Ottoman Empire in its Majalla civil code project. Completed in 1876 CE, Majalla consisted of 16 volumes and 1,851 articles. Since then, the world has changed dramatically without an adequate theoretical and practical response from Islamic law (photo: iStock by Getty Images). https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/iStock-465929818.jpg <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-BEGIN--><a href="https://www.islamicity.org/79003/explainer-what-is-sharia-law/"><img src='https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/iStock-465929818.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100' class="thumbnailpostcontent" ></a> <!--BLP-SHORTCODE-END--> https://www.islamicity.org/wp-content/plugins/blueprint-timthumb/timthumb.php?src=https://media.islamicity.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/iStock-465929818.jpg&w=500&h=281&q=100 Mehmet Ozalp+.. By: Mehmet Ozalp, Zuleyha Keski   Source: The Conversation Mehmet Ozalp, Zuleyha Keski The Conversation Featured, Highlights, Life & Society, Women Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Gender Equity, Islamic Culture And Civilization, Islamic Law (Sharia), Ottoman Empire, Taliban, Veil (Burqa) featured highlights life women afghanistan foreign-policy gender-equity islamic-culture-and-civilization islamic-law-sharia ottoman-empire taliban veil-burqa With the world still in shock over the Taliban’s lightning-fast takeover of Afghanistan, Afghan people, especially women, wonder what kind of life awaits the nation. When pressed about preserving the rights of women, a Taliban spokesperson said the Taliban would not discriminate against women and would give them their rights “within the bounds of shariah”.… 1 Afghanistan Afghanistan 6 Warning: Array to string conversion in F:\inetpub\wwwroot\Accounts\IslamiCity.org\wp-content\themes\plain-child\blueprint\shortcode-output\query\system-parts\cell-part-1.php on line 1040 Array 1 1 1 1 1 cell-cell-owl.php filter 1 same-as-desktop 1