Does sharia apply only to religious matters?

• I'm moving to Oman to start a business. But all in all I don't know that much about the Sharia law. I just know that it is still very important in the Arabic states. Does sharia apply to all aspects of live or only to religious matters?

  29 May 2007, 04:33 Matt

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• concerns all apects of live

  Sharia governs all aspects of life, from relations between men and women to ethics in business and banking. Some aspects of sharia have become part of modern legal codes and are enforced by national judicial systems, while others are a matter of personal conscience. Entirely secular law is not an option under a classical interpretation of Islam, experts say. "In Islam, there is no separation between the secular and the sacred. The law is suffused with religion," says David Powers, a professor of Islamic law and history at Cornell University.

  Norbert 29 May 2007, 04:35 - Report