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Citizenship & State

Voting, the law, the army, police and being a Muslim citizen in the West. Short, honest answers for new Muslims.

What does Islam say about blasphemy laws?

Islam and blasphemy laws: the Prophet met insults with patience, classical law left it to courts, and vigilante violence is forbidden. Here's how.

If you leave Islam, you answer to Allah, not to people. Classical law vs contemporary scholars on apostasy, your legal rights, and help for doubts.

Yes, there is freedom of religion in Islam: no compulsion in faith (Quran 2:256), protected churches and synagogues, and an honest apostasy debate.

Sharia law and human rights share core values like life, dignity and justice, but apostasy and some penalties are debated. Here's an honest look.

Yes, women have rights under sharia law: property, work, education, consent to marriage, mahr, divorce and inheritance. Don't mistake culture for it.

Under sharia law, non-Muslims are guaranteed protection of life, property and worship. Practice varied in history; scholars now stress citizenship.

Sharia is God's guidance in the Quran and Sunnah; fiqh is the human understanding of it. That's why scholars differ and madhabs exist.

A caliphate was the historical Muslim government after the Prophet, ending in 1924. No group can declare one, and ISIS's claim was rejected.

A fatwa is a scholar's answer to a religious question. It's a non-binding opinion, not a law, so choose qualified, trustworthy sources.

Hudud punishments are fixed Islamic penalties for a few crimes, with very strict proof. Only a state court can apply them, never individuals.

No, most Muslims don't want sharia law imposed in the West. They want freedom to practice, and they're bound by their covenant with their country.

No, the UK has no real sharia courts. Sharia councils and the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal are voluntary, with no criminal power over anyone.