Essays about: "Shari a"

Found 4 essays containing the words Shari a.

1. 1. The Saudi Elephant In The Room - The Appointment of Saudi Arabia to the Commission on the Status of Women 2018-2022

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Caroline Åhslund; [2017]
   Keywords : public international law; human rights law; women s rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Saudi Arabia was among the thirteen states elected to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in April of 2017. The Commission on the Status of Women is the leading women’s rights promoting and protecting body of the world, whereas the state of Saudi Arabia is infamous for conducting systematic discrimination towards women. READ MORE

3. 2. The Legality of Sex Change Surgery and Construction of Transsexual Identity in Contemporary Iran

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Zara Saeidzadeh; [2015]
   Keywords : Law; Jurisprudence; Islam; Shari a; Misrecognition; Transsexuality; Iran; Homophobia; Medicine; Transsexual Identity.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Islamic government in Iran has legalized transsexual surgeries and introduced a legal process which leads to medical intervention in transsexual cases. This has allowed thousands of Iranian men and women to undergo sex change every year. READ MORE

4. 3. Performance of Islamic Banking and Conventional banking in Pakistan : a Comparative Study

   University essay from Institutionen för teknik och samhälle

   Author : Muhammad Shehzad Moin; [2008]
   Keywords : Islamic Banking; Conventional banking; Performance; Comparison; Pakistan; Comparative study; Ratio analysis; Bank financial performance;

   Abstract : Islamic banking and finance in Pakistan started in 1977-78 with the elimination of interest in compliance with the Principles of Islamic Shari’ah in Islamic banking practices. Since then, amendments in financial system to allow the issuance of new interest-free instrument of corporate financing, promulgation of ordinance to permit the establishment of Mudaraba companies and floatation of Mudaraba Certificates, constitution of Commission for Transformation of Financial System (CTFS), and the establishments of Islamic Banking Department by the State Bank of Pakistan are some of the key steps taken place by the governments. READ MORE

5. 4. Islamic Banking - An Alternative System

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomi

   Author : Iréne Björklund; Lisbeth Lundström; [2005]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Islamic banking is an investment and financing system which expands globally. The Islamic banks have only been established for some 30 years but the banking system is based on long-going traditions within Islamic finance. The system is founded on ethical values and emphasises the well-being of society as a whole. READ MORE