Sharia law

Knesset passes law expanding powers of Israel’s rabbinic courts to arbitrate civil matters

Under the law, rabbinical courts may act as arbitrators only with the consent of all parties.

THE CHIEF RABBINATE’S Supreme Court for Appeals in Jerusalem: Israelis deserve a religious court system that honors both Halacha and human dignity, the writer asserts.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

Member of the Chamber of Representatives (Sam van Rooy ask a question during a plenary session in the Chamber of Representatives in the Palace of the Nation on January 23, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium

Muslims must reject hateful teachings or leave Belgium, MP tells ‘Post’ - interview

US REPRESENTATIVE Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and her husband Tim Mynett listen as Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a speech during a rally on the National Mall, one week before the November 5 US presidential election, in Washington, US, October 29, 2024.

Fraud claims, wine money, Sharia: Ethical storms around Ilhan Omar’s husband


Greece limits reach of Sharia law in 'historic step'

Greek Muslims can now go to Greek courts instead of Islamic muftis.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gestures as he addresses lawmakers before a parliamentary vote in Athens, Greece, May 18, 2017.

WATCH: Sharia law scholar warns against higher education for women

"We throw our daughters and our children into the ocean and we say to them, 'Don't you dare get wet.'"

Students study in a laboratory

Ce que cache l’attentat de Bir Al-Abed

Malgré la fin de de l’Etat islamique, les attaques terroristes menées par des éléments radicaux ne cessent pas

Vue de la mosquée de Rawda après l'attentat meurtrier du 24 novembre

Muslim divorce law 'unconstitutional,' rules India's top court

Muslim women say they have been left destitute by husbands divorcing them through "triple talaq," including by Skype and WhatsApp.

File photo: Divorce.

We cannot defeat terrorism if we disconnect ideology from religion

The Jerusalem Post

Protesters rally against Islamic law in dozens of US cities

Anti-Muslim incidents rose 57 percent last year, including a 44 percent jump in anti-Islamic hate crimes, according to a survey in early May.

Anti-sharia protesters scuffle with counter demonstrators and members of the Minnesota State Patrol at the state capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, US June 10, 2017

Breaking the glass ceiling in the Shari’a courts

Female qadis serve in the Shari’a courts in Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt and Jordan, but not in Iran, said Shaked – and up till now, not in Israel.

Islamic jurist Hana Mansour-Khatib poses in her office in Tamra, in the eastern Galilee.

Learn from Islam

Perhaps one day a woman will be appointed not just to an administrative position, but rather to serve as a full-fledged rabbinical judge.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks next to Palestinian women in Jerusalem's Old City

Israeli Sharia court system appoints first-ever female judge

The Sharia Courts in Israel handle personal status law issues like marriage and divorce for Muslim-Israelis.

A mosque in Abu Ghosh with its minarets towering above

Rivlin emphasizes co-existence at Iftar dinner

There are growing signs of improvement in the quality of life for the Arab population and joint regional projects promoted by Arab and Jewish local authorities, Rivlin said.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN speaks at an Iftar meal on Sunday at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem. (