Which countries are governed by Islamic Law?

Answer 1

Dear all,

Although Islamic law is used in various Islamic countries, more specifically it is not strictly but followed up to and extended in Saudi Arabia.

zishan

Well Zishan you are wrong. The Countries that use Islamic Law as their Basic Laws are

1-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2-Republic of Yemen

3-Islamic Republic of Iran

4-Sultante of Oman

5-United Arab Emarties

6-Algeria

7-Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

8-Islamic Republic of Mauritania

9-Republic of Sudan

10-Somalia

11-Nigeria(Muslims Areas)

and this is some countries use Islamic laws within other laws:

1-Islamic Republic of Pakistan

2-Kuwait

3Qatar

4-Bahrain

5-Jordan

6-Palestine(Gaza)

7-Indonesia(Muslims Areas)

8-Malaysia(Muslims Areas)

9-Bangladesh(Muslims only)

10-Egypt(Muslims only)

11-Libya

12-Tunisia

13-Morocco

14-Iraq

10- Comoros

11-Mali
All Muslim majority countries.

Answer 2

Saudi Arabia is governed by Islamic Law, some other Muslim countries have in their constitution that Islam is the religion of the country but a lot of non-Islamic practices occur.

But i think all the Muslim states have Islamic courts where personal affairs such as marriage, divorse and other disputes are settled.

Answer 3

The Islamic calendar is now used primarily for religious purposes, and for official dating of public events and documents in Muslim countries. Because of its nature as a purely lunar calendar, it cannot be used for agricultural purposes and historically Islamic communities have used other calendars for this purpose: the Egyptian calendar was formerly widespread in Islamic countries, and the Iranian calendar and the 1789 Ottoman calendar (a modified Julian calendar) were also used for agriculture in their countries. In Morocco, the Berber calendar (another Julian calendar) is still used by farmers in the countryside. These local solar calendars have receded in importance with the near-universal adoption of the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes. As noted above, Saudi Arabia uses the Islamic calendar to date religious occasions such as Ramadan, Hajj, etc. and the Umm-al-Qura calendar, based on calculations, for administrative purposes and daily government business

Glassé, Cyril (2001). The New Encyclopedia of Islam, pp. 98-99. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759101906.