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This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Republic of Turkey (Turkiye Cumhuriyeti), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Turkey'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 Cameroon (Republique du Cameroun/Republic of Cameroon), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Cameroon'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 Chad (Republique du Tchad/Jumhuriyat Tshad), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Chad'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 Gabonese Republic/Gabon (Republique Gabonaise), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Gabon'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 Malaysia, based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Malaysia'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 Benin (Republique du Benin), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Benin'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 Togo/Togolese Republic (Republique Togolaise), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Togo'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 Uganda, is based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Uganda'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 Niger (Republique du Niger), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Niger'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 Maldives (Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa), based on research produced by the Library of Congress. Under the Maldives' Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) is the principal source of legislation. 

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

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Jamhuryat Islami Pakistan), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Pakistan’s Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) is a principal source of legislation.

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of Brunei Darussalam (Negara Brunei Darussalam), based on research produced by the Library of Congress. Under Brunei's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) is the principal source of legislation. 

The Administration of the Religion of Islam (State of Selangor) Enactment 2003 establishes the fatwā legalization process in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It also establishes and outlines the role of the mufti as the chairman of Selangor’s state fatwā committee. It is the main piece of legislation governing Selangor's syariah courts, Islamic finance guidelines, individual conversion to Islam, as well as other Islamic regulations the state has determined to regulate. 

This fatwa acknowledges the benefits of a shari'a-based pension program, defines key terms, and navigates through the different types of agreements required to implement such a program, including bequests (hibah), agency agreements (wakalah), and cooperative agreements (Mudharabah).

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Central African Republic/CAR (Republique Centrafricaine), based on research produced by the Library of Congress. Under the CAR'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 State of Kuwait (Dawlat al Kuwayt), based on research produced by GlobaLex at NYU Law School and the Library of Congress. Under Kuwait's Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) is a principle source of legislation. 

This Country Profile provides a basic overview of the legal history and institutional structures of the Union of the Comoros (Udzima wa Komori (Comorian); Union des Comores (French); Jumhuriyat al Qamar al Muttahidah (Arabic)), based on research produced by the Library of Congress. Under Comoros' Constitution, Islamic law (sharīʿa or fiqh) has legal status.