Islamic Law Vs International Law

In this essay the The International Court of Justice and the Islamic law will be defined, the similarities between international and Islamic law will be enumerated, the several characteristics of Islamic law that sharply differ from international law will be discussed. Last but not least we will have example of Japan and the issue they had with complying with International law.

Islamic law is known as Shariaah Law, which derived from two primary sources of Islamic law which is Quraan and Hadith, and applied to the public and private lives of Muslims within Islamic states. Islamic law governs many aspects of day-to-day life—politics, economics, banking, business, contracts, social issues, etc. (AllAboutWorldview.org, 2018)

But for the International

Greater similarity between the Islamic law and the international law creates stronger incentives for supporting an interstate court.

The similarity between Islamic domestic legal system and an international court allows a state to understand each phase of the adjudication process. The state is also better able to foresee the outcome of the settlement, because familiarity with in-court proceedings increases predictability. States can more accurately form their expectations regarding the outcome of adjudication if the two sets of rules, international and domestic, comparable (Powell & Wiegand,

At a very basic level, international law and Islamic law differ in magnitude. Islamic law governs the behavior and actions of individuals within their States, whereas international law governs the behavior and actions of bodies of government states or countries.

Differences:

Relation between law and religion

International law embraces the view that a distinction between law and religion must be observed. Thus, in all international courts religion does not constitute an acceptable basis for a judgment. Although Western legal systems, as well as international law, have extracted many legal principles from religious sources, such as the Bible, these legal systems themselves are separate from religion. Sources of international law, enumerated in Article 38(1) of the ICJ Statute, are strictly secular in nature.

A reverse of Islamic law is based on the Shariah, based primarily on texts from Quraan and Sunnah, embodies broad, general rules that are immutable, not unlike today’s modern societal rules. Therefore, Islamic faith is intrinsic to Islamic law. As will Muslims are obliged by God to abide by sharia, so are Islamic states. All sources of Islamic law, including the Quraan and Sunna, are closely connected to Islamic