scholarly journals The Development of Legal Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

FIAT JUSTISIA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Muamar Hasan Salameh ◽  
Jaida Aboul Fotouh
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
The State ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Secondary Sources

In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Islamic Shariah is the foundation of the laws of the state. While the modern Saudi legal system encompasses both written and unwritten laws, Shariah is still considered supreme and hence directs most of the state’s regulations. Nevertheless, currently, those who aim to practice law need to acquire a foundation of all prevailing laws. Due to the supremacy of Shariah, most universities still do not offer comprehensive degree plans, which often poses limitations to the development of legal education in the Kingdom. This study aims to address this conundrum by examining the various degree plans in Saudi universities, scrutinizing whether they offer comprehensive degrees, which should encompass both Shariah laws yet also the newly codified rules. This research draws upon secondary sources, which analyze the progress of the legal education in KSA and its effects on future legal practitioners. Results suggest that the legal curricular should be redesigned to improve the capabilities of prospective legal professionals by integrating the non-codified rules of law with the Islamic law in a more practical, realistic and efficient manner.  Keywords: Legal education, Shariah, Saudi Arabia.

scholarly journals STUDI KOMPARATIF PELAKSANAAN PERADILAN ISLAM DI NEGARA MALAYSIA DAN SAUDI ARABIA

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusrizal
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Legal System ◽  
The State ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
Public Body

The legal system in Malaysia State reflects the plural model which appears in English Malay Colony. Much of the area of life must be governed by a federal public body. The shariah Court in Malaysia known as the Shariah Court which is a judicial institution that speaks, and sentences to Muslims for civil and criminal misconduct according to the jurisdiction allocated to it. The Shariah Court has jurisdiction as stipulated by the Malaysian Constitution. While in Saudi Arabia Quran and Sunnah Rasulullah s.a.w is the Constitution of the State, and shariah as the basic law implemented by tribunals (courts) shariyah with ulama as Judges and counselors. The Saudi Arabia judiciary is formed based on Islamic shariah which is inseparable from the role of King Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman as-Saud who plundered the territories

Zakat and taxes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-89
Author(s):  
Walaa Abazaid
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
National Income ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Vision 2030 ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
The Government

Within the framework of Vision 2030, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia strives to achieve good national income through an effective tax system. This tax system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia encompasses taxes that are inflicted by the government and zakat imposed by Islamic law. The tax and zakat system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is supervised by the General Authority for Zakat and Income and operates under the authority of the Ministry of Finance, but the authorities responsible for looking into tax disputes still confront problems and difficulties during the performance of their work, especially in disputes related to sharia consulting. Since the importance of the tax and zakat fund in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is great and the relatively high imports it achieves, the aim of this research is to study the structure of the tax and zakat system and the mechanism of work of the bodies responsible for settling tax and zakat dispute by relying on literary reviews of previous researches and official publications allocated for the General Authority for Tax and Zakat, besides the laws correlated to the tax and zakat system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The research concluded that there are a set of weaknesses in the mechanism of work of the authorities and committees who are responsible for deciphering tax and zakat disputes, and a set of proposals have been proposed to improve the performance of these committees.

Developing the Legal Environment for Business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Comments and Suggestions

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-391
Author(s):  
Torki A. Alshubaiki
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Comparative Law ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Legal Environment ◽  
Intellectual Curiosity ◽  
Commercial Law ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Religious Perspective ◽  
Research Centres

Abstract Closing the door of ijtihād or independent reasoning in the 10th century resulted in a legal system that was often at odds with the modern world, especially in the area of contracts. Although it is considered to be a big breakthrough at the present time that some of the religious figures or ulama in Saudi Arabia have finally expressed their interest in the codification of laws, the issue has to be dealt with from a different, not only religious, perspective. The importance of comparative law must be expressed when dealing with all commercial matters. Promoting and encouraging intellectual curiosity in different legal areas through academic institutions and research centres will drive the scholars to study the commercial law subjects from a number of different perspectives. In that process, they will develop a better understanding of their own system and know the way of developing it.

scholarly journals Value of Comparative Law for the Kyrgyz Republic

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-273
Author(s):  
G. Toktogonova ◽  
M. Karimova
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Comparative Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Kyrgyz Republic ◽  
International Private Law ◽  
National Legal System ◽  
Fruitful Cooperation ◽  
Favorable Conditions

The article considers the relevance of comparative law as a science and method that contribute to the development of law on the territory of the state and international private law relations. The article describes the importance of comparative law for legal education in the modern legal life of the Kyrgyz Republic. The article examines the contribution of comparative law to the improvement of the national legal system of the Kyrgyz Republic. The article considers the importance of comparative law in creating favorable conditions for fruitful cooperation of lawyers from different countries.

scholarly journals Moderasi Beragama: Meninjau Hadis-Hadis Hukuman Mati bagi Orang Murtad

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-188
Author(s):  
Nasirudin Al Ahsani
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Research Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Library Research

Islam is a religion that gives mercy to all creation, a religion that teaches peace, safety and prosperity. In recent years, there have been many wicked individuals trying to destroy Islam. Unlike in the past where waging war on Islam were done only with swords, today's war against Islam is more powerful, that is by planting seeds of doubt in every Muslim's heart. Both in terms of aqidah (Creed) and Sharia (Islamic law). The current study is a library research. The main sources of this research data were taken from the kutub al sittah (the authentic six): Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Sunan Abī Dāwūd, Sunan al-Nasāʾi, Sunan al-Tirmidhi, and Sunan Ibn Mājah. Meanwhile, the secondary sources were taken from the takhrij and shurūḥ al-hadīth books. The conclusion of the current study reveals that the death penalty for those who turn back from Islam or apostates can be applied if they meet two conditions: 1) Leaving Islam either by word or deed; 2) Committing criminal acts, such as: dividing Muslims, creating chaos, damage, disobeying the state, and helping the enemy in fighting the Muslims. The author concludes that neither the verses in the Qur'an nor the hadiths of the Prophet PBUH immediately order the killing of a person who turns back from Islam, unless that person commits insubordination, is in league with the enemy and other similar things.

scholarly journals Cryptocurrencies and the Causes of Prohibition from Shari’ah Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-28
Author(s):  
Ali Mahdi Al-Kathiri
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Private Money ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Modern Image

النقود الافتراضية المشفرة وآثارها المفضية للقول بالتحريم علي مهدي الكثيري باحث في الاقتصاد الإسلامي - المملكة العربية السعودية الملخص يستعرض هذا البحث توضيحا لمفهوم النقود، وتطورها عبر التاريخ، وعلاقتها بالصورة الحديثة من العملات الرقمية، ومن ثم التعريف بالنقود الافتراضية المشفرة أو ما يسمى بالعملات الرقمية، إلى أن يصل بالقارئ إلى هدف هذا البحث وهو جمع شتات الأقوال الفقهية التي ترى عدم جواز التعامل بمثل هذا النوع من النقود، وأسباب التحريم، مع تصنيفها إلى ثلاثة أقسام رئيسة بحسب الآثار الناجمة عنها، وهي: انتشار الجريمة المنظمة، والاعتداء على صلاحية الدولة، والاعتداء على المال الخاص. ثم أوصت الدراسة بأهمية أن يولي الباحثون في العلوم الشرعية اهتماما أوسع في تحرير هذه النازلة، وأن تتولى الحكومات إصدار نقود رقمية معتمدة تنافس النقود الرقمية الحالية، وتستفيد من التسهيلات الموجودة فيها، حفظا لأموال مواطنيها وحماية لأمنها المالي والاقتصادي. الكلمات المفتاحية: الاقتصاد الإسلامي، العملات الافتراضية، النقود المشفرة. RESEARCH ARTICLE Cryptocurrencies and the Causes of Prohibition from Shari’ah Perspective Ali Mahdi Al-Kathiri Researcher in Islamic economics, Kingdom Saudi Arabia. Abstract This research reviews the concept of cash and currencies, its development throughout history, its relationship to the modern image of digital currencies, and the definition of encrypted virtual currencies or the so-called cryptocurrencies. The aim of this research is to collect the various jurisprudence sayings that consider the impermissibility of dealing with such type of money, the reasons for prohibition, and its classification into three main sections according to the effects resulting from it: the spread of organized crime, violating the authority of the state, and encroachment on private money. The study then recommended the importance that researchers in Islamic law and jurisprudence sciences pay greater attention to study this calamity, and that governments should issue certified digital currencies that competes with current digital currencies, and benefit from its facilitates in order to preserve the currencies of their citizens and protect their financial and economic security. Keywords: economics, virtual currencies, cryptocurrencies

The New Fiqh in A National School of Legal Thought: A Paradigm Shift in National School of Islamic Law on M. Barry Hooker’s Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Wildani Hefni
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
The State ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Legal Thought ◽  
Public Figures ◽  
National School ◽  
State Authority

The polemic of the domain between religious regulation and state authority in the national school of Islamic law in Indonesia seems to be endlessly debated by Indonesian and Western Scholars, Muslim as well as non-muslims. This article discusses western scholarly discourses on the National School of Islamic law by examining the thoughts and works from M. Barry Hooker. Hooker introduced the term “new fiqh” in the national school of Islamic discourse and explained that the Indonesian fiqh instrumentalized by the state. Based on the model of the study of public figures and grounded its main data of Hooker’s work, this paper shows that Hooker criticizes the shifting paradigm of classical fiqh text to fiqh dominated by the state. The state determines the process of fiqh with various instruments and public transmission of sharia, including religious bureaucratization, state intervention in Islamic legal education curriculum, and through religious pulpit mediums.Fikih mazhab nasional mengemuka dalam perebutan domain antara peraturan agama dan otoritas negara. Diskursus ini menjadi perdebatan baik di kalangan sarjana Indonesia maupun sarjana di Barat. Tulisan ini mengkaji diskursus hukum Islam mazhab nasional yang dikenal dengan istilah fikih baru dari seorang intelektual di Barat bernama M. Barry Hooker. Hooker memandang fikih Indonesia saat ini merupakan fikih yang dibentuk dan diinstrumentalisasi oleh negara. Dengan menggunakan model kajian pemikiran tokoh serta karya kesarjanaannya, tulisan ini menunjukkan bahwa Hooker memiliki pandangan yang kritis dengan mengungkap pergeseran dari fikih klasik yang didasarkan pada teks keagamaan kearah fikih mazhab nasional dengan dominasi peran negara. Negara menjadi penentu proses perjalanan fikih dengan pelbagai instrumen yang diberikan pada masyarakat, antara lain birokratisasi agama, intervensi negara dalam kurikulum pendidikan hukum Islam, dan melalui medium mimbar keagamaan.

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