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  • The assigned 'topic' came with a long series of questions, including: "With all the debate around the 'dangers' of Sharia and of Muslims' so-called desire to overthrow Western law and replace it with Islamic law, Muslims need to better understand the Westerners' concerns over al-ahkam al-sultanîyah Muslim public law."

    Sherman A. Jackson: Sharia And Day To Day Existence Sherman A. Jackson 2011

  • El Curtubi, concerning the traditions of the folk of the story of the Bedouin maid and Ibn Menah (Meyyah) of the sons of her uncle and what hangs thereby of the mention of the Khalif El Aamír bi-ahkam-illah, so that their traditions (or tales) upon the garden became like unto El Bettál158 and the Thousand Nights and what resembleth them.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • However, then I saw the Arabic text, confirmed by Cole, that uses the more well understood term, "established laws of Islam" (thawabit ahkam al-Islam).

    Mark Levine: Iraq's Constitution: And the Winner is��� the United States? 2008

  • Quoth Ibn Said, in the book El-Muhella bi-l-ashar, from the History of El Curtubi, concerning the traditions of the folk of the story of the Bedouin maid and Ibn Menah (Meyyah) of the sons of her uncle and what hangs thereby of the mention of the Khalif El Aamír bi-ahkam-illah, so that their traditions (or tales) upon the garden became like unto

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Muhella bi-s-Shaar, quoting from El Curtubi the story of the building of the Houdej in the Garden of Cairo, the which was of the magnificent pleasaunces of the Fatimite Khalifs, the rare of ordinance and surpassing, to wit that the Khalif El Aamir bi-ahkam - illah [FN#152] let build it for a Bedouin woman, the love of whom had gotten the mastery of him, in the neighbourhood of the ‘Chosen

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Shafi'i madhahib, the differences between usuli and akhbari, fiqh, ijma, 'aql, qiyas, and ahkam sultaniyya - even as the reader wonders how these concepts are relevant to the discussion at hand: Islam in

    Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami 2010

  • Islamic jurisprudence is absolute in principles but relative in application according to time and place, because one purpose of the principles is to provide guidance in applying the fiqhi regulations of ahkam and hudud, without which guidance the superficial application of the shari'ah would produce injustice and even absurdity.

    unknown title 2009

  • Babalar forumlarda developerlarin karsilastiklari sorunlari baslik yaparak, içerigi hintli yazarlara doldurup 19 dolara satmakta, kazandiklari dolarla yaktiklari purolarin dumanlarini üfürerek, liman manzarali ofislerinden ahkam pompalamaktalar.

    En Son yazılar - Ferruh Mavituna 2009

  • They disregard Him as their ilah because instead of accepting His authority, His laws in the world for matters already dealt with in His book, they create laws and rules / regulations / ahkam according to their hawa / wishful-thinking:

    Bloggers.Pakistan 2008

  • "commandments for looking" (ahkam-i nigah kardan).

    One-Way Street 2009

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  • "laws, values and ordinances"

    - Islamic Law Glossary

    October 7, 2007