Sharia Law Countries

Nigeria.

what about uae and kuwait

That list was weird. Had no idea Maldives would be on there.

Hey, I live in Pakistan.

But the Sharia Law is not applied here to deal with the criminals nor for personal issues.

Although the Sharia was applied during Gen. Zia's regime about 30 years ago.

It was abrogated afterwards.

According to the map in the link you provided, Brunei also uses Sharia law for judicial and personal issues. So it should be added.

Brunei?

Still needs an update to add Brunei

Got Maldives literally at the last second

what about kuwait, syria, uae, bahrain,

What about Vatican City???????? It should be on here for sure.....

I was thinking, "Name every country close to Saudi Arabia." Then I forgot to include Saudi Arabia. Sigh.

Surely it is idiocy to use religious law in a secular context, but some of these countries are curious. Do Qatar and Maldives really apply Sharia law in these situations, or is it a kind of "on the books, but not in practice" thing, like the speed limit in the United States?

7/11.

AKA: the REAL countries that should be sanctioned and boycotted

I’m shocked more people knew Brunei than mauritania

Countries like Jordan, Lebanon, Syria (before the war) and the UAE have far more relaxed laws than those of KSA and Iran. Wearing the hijab and the burka is not mandated by law. You'll see plenty of women in these countries who don't wear headscarves. Stores don't close for every prayer, but the Azan (Islamic call to prayer) is played out loud from most mosques. You may be ostracized if you admit to being in a pre-marital relationship, although this isn't as uncommon as people think. I went to high-school in Dubai in a predominantly Arab/Muslim school and lots of my friends dated, drank alcohol, and had sex with their girlfriends. And it was a boys only school. Being a homosexual, however, can get you into trouble. While this is mainly because of Islamic teachings, I'd argue that Arabs themselves are homophobic regardless of religion. Plenty of my very non-religious Muslim friends still think being gay is gross and weird, and agree those who are openly gay should be punished.

I do think UAE should be added given that all of the Emirates maintain Sharia courts that are parallel with civil/criminal courts.

I think the instructions are unclear. Maybe you wanted to base the results off of the wikipedia map supplied as the sole source given for the information in the quiz. But, if you read the text of the article you linked: "Iran shares many of the same features, but also possesses characteristics of mixed legal systems, such as a parliament and codified laws." and "Pakistan, Egypt, Malaysia, and Nigeria are examples of states having mixed systems." Also, maybe recent, but, since the quiz is featured today: "The use of Sharia in Sudan ended in September 2020, when Sudan officially became a secular state after Sudan's transitional government agreed to separate religion from the state, ending 30 years of Islamic rule and Islam as the official state religion in the North African nation." So, the answers in the quiz are mostly directly contradicted by the single source given, as of today. I would recommend going over the information in the article again and amending the quiz to reflect.

I got 9/11

libya should be on this list as well as syria