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What is sharia? »Its definition and meaning

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Sharia means in Islamic language "way", this is nothing more than a set of rules that have the common purpose of allowing the Muslim individual not to forget his religious beliefs and stay on the correct path of faith; Due to the bad human attitudes executed under the mantle of Sharia law, it is constantly tainted by the intransigence set by man, however these regulations have an immovable and also distorted character depending on each country, which in turn will be addressed according to the legal thinking under which they are governed. It is important to mention that Muslims do not have a hierarchy in terms of individuals who carry the word of Allah, as is common in any churchor temple of any other religion, all individuals meet in the same room to hear the word of the Lord, which is described under the mouth of religiously superior entities, as is the case of priests in the Catholic religion, pastors in the gospel, elders in jehovah's witnesses, etc.

Muslims must interpret for themselves the words that are written in the sacred Koran, according to this the foundation of different schools for the interpretation of jurisprudence in the Islamic state was generated, known under the name of "Madhab", in there are currently five major schools (4 of them in Sunni Islam, and 1 in Shiite Islam). These are the two largest Muslim peoples that differ from each other, the main difference between the two is to define who should choose the leadership of Islam, after the death of Muhammad:

In the first place there is Shiite or Shi'ism, this is the Muslim sect that is characterized by having the followers of Ali, who is related to him as the son-in-law and cousin of the first prophet Muhammad; these are identified, with being the defenders of the direct line of blood (from Ali) in the access to the old caliphate. The Sunni people direct their belief to the principles established by the Islamists in the 8th century, based on the teachings of Muhammad and the four subsequent Orthodox caliphs; in reference to the idea that Sunnism takes the commandments more neutral biblical, who do not use violence to raise the word of Allah, murdering and torturing all those who do not believe in him.