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This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Federal Republic of Somalia (Jamhuuriyadda Federaalkaa Soomaaliya), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Somalia's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of South Sudan, based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under South Sudan's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has no legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Seychelles, based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Seychelles' Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has no legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Sudan (Jumhuriyat as Sudan), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Sudan's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Algeria's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has some legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Namibia, based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Namibia's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has no legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of The Gambia, based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Gambia's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has some legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of Libya, based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Libya's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Tunisia (Al Jumhuriyah at Tunisiyah), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Tunisia's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has no legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Senegal (Republique du Senegal), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Senegal's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has limited legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Cape Verde/Cabo Verde (Republica de Cabo Verde), based on research produced by the Library of Congress. Under Cape Verde's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has no legal status. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Arab Republic of Egypt (Jumhuriyat Misr al Arabiyah), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Egypt's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) is the principal source of legislation. 

Religion appears in the constitutions of the Arab world, almost all with Muslim majorities, in a variety of ways. But aside from ensuring a public role for religion, these states are far from theocratic and show considerable though subtle diversity within them.