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The Shari'a courts of the West Bank and the Jordanian-administered Shari'a court in East Jerusalem are governed under Jordanian law, especially the Law of Shar'i Procedure of 1959. Included within the Shari'a courts jurisdiction are waqf (religious endowments), family law, personal status issues, and petitions for diya (monetary damages for ...
Jordan has Sharia courts and civil courts. Sharia courts have jurisdiction over personal status laws, cases concerning Diya (blood money in cases of crime where both parties are Muslims, or one is and both the Muslim and non-Muslim consent to Sharia court's jurisdiction), and matters pertaining to Islamic Waqfs. [122]
In September 2004, on the order of a Shari'a court, the authorities arrested a convert from Islam to Christianity and held him overnight on charges of apostasy. In November 2004, a Shari'a court found the defendant guilty of apostasy. The ruling was upheld in January 2005 by a Shari'a appeals court.
The politics of Jordan takes place in a framework of a ... There are two types of religious courts: Sharia courts which enforce the provisions of Islamic law and ...
In Bosnia and Herzegovina after 1878 Austro - Hungarian occupation, Mecelle was slowly replaced with General Civil Code, but some provisions of Mecelle remain in force even after 1918, until abolishment of state Sharia courts in 1946. [6] The Mecelle also remained the basis of civil law in Jordan and Kuwait.
A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. ... High Sharia Court of Appeal ... Jordan: Court of Cassation
It was established to create an advisory body composed of Muslims and Christians with whom the High Commissioner could consult. The Muslim leaders, however, sought to create an independent council to supervise the religious affairs of its community, especially in matters relating to religious trusts and shariah courts. The British acceded to ...
Jordan, [a] officially the ... and is partially based on Islamic sharia law. [142] The special court deals with cases forwarded by the civil one. ...