71. These principles included a legal code based on Sharia or Islamic law, a federal power-sharing arrangement, and plebiscites as the final arbiter of constitutional questions. 72. Under Maskhadov, Chechnya has established Islamic courts based on an interpretation of Shariah, the legal code of Islam. 73. Under President Aslan Maskhadov, Chechnya has established Islamic courts based on an interpretation of Shariah, the legal code of Islam. 74. Under the Italian legal code, the sentences will be automatically appealed. 75. Using a mix of Islamic and secular legal codes, Ahad judges cases in his office because there is no furniture in the pillared courtroom. 76. Wadi said many Muslim Filipinos in the south believe their needs can only be met by a separate Muslim government that enforces sharia, the Islamic legal code. 77. A dozen other mainly Muslim states in northern Nigeria have introduced some element of the strict Islamic legal code over the past two years. 78. A dozen mainly Muslim northern Nigerian states have introduced some element of the strict Islamic legal code over the past two years. 79. But the Georgian legal code is not suited to a market economy and needs improving, Shadman-Valavi said. 80. Earlier, hundreds of workers had blocked downtown traffic to protest the reform of the legal code, which would have reduced by half pay for workers unjustifiably dismissed. |