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  • Historically, the term Sharī‘ah refers to all the elements of a proper, i.e. righteous life; this includes moral behavior, proper respect towards Allāh, correct belief, personal piety, and so on.

    Maldives Constitution Drafting Delayed Over Issue of Shariah Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • I'd love to revisit the mosques my dad would sometimes take us to on Fridays and the kababi house in Shar-e-nau (the New City), which I recently learned is still standing and which is still owned and operated by the same guy who owned it when I was a kid.

    Khaled Hosseini - An interview with author 2010

  • “The one they call Shar—the vorn rider—is weaker than I,” Rian interjected.

    The Last of the Wilds Canavan, Trudi 2006

  • Shar-Shar is already is a judge on British talent show The X Factor, alongside Simon Cowell, who is the brains behind America’s Got Talent.

    Sharon Osbourne to replace Brandy 2007

  • This is perhaps one reason Norman Calder writes that, ‘in modern academic analysis of Islamic law, the word Sharī‘ah is of little use: what we can study and describe is always fiqh.’

    Maldives Constitution Drafting Delayed Over Issue of Shariah Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • Here he was well received and was sent forward to a place called Shar, seventeen days 'journey from Dahomey.

    Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • The breed was identified as a Shar Pei, often used as a guard dog.

    Fore, right! ALMUDENA CALATRAVA 2010

  • The breed was identified as a Shar Pei, often used as a guard dog.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • Did you know that Islamic law (called Shar'ia) forbids taking or paying interest?

    Tortdeform 2008

  • "Shar," she said after a moment, "I need to ask you something."

    While Other People Sleep Muller, Marcia 1998

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