Kuwait Times Est 1961

Kuwait Times (Est. 1961) – The Kuwait Times is one of two local newspapers that I read.  The banner states “The leading independent daily in the Arabian Gulf” Some headlines from the July 9th issue include; Seven escape from Saudi jail,  Guggenheim building largest museum on Abu Dhabi island, Discovery due on first spacewalk, and Islamist want Sharia as main source of law.  Sharia refers to the body of Islamic law.  In the Islamic state Sharia governs both public and private live of those living within the state. Sharia governs many aspects of day-to-day life: politics, economics, banking, business law, contract law, and social issues.  Mainstream Islam distinguishes between figh, which means 'understanding of details' and refers to the inferences drawn by scholars, and sharia, which refers to the principles that lie behind the fiqh. Scholars hope that fiqh and sharia are in harmony in any given case, but they cannot be sure.
Sharia has certain laws which are regarded as divinely ordained, concrete and timeless for all relevant situations (for example, the ban against drinking liquor as an intoxicant). It also has certain laws which are extracted based on principles established by Islamic lawyers and judges.
For traditional Sunni Muslims, the primary sources of Islamic law are the Qur'an, the Hadith, the unanimity of Muhammad's disciples on a certain issue, and Qiyas (drawing analogy from the essence of divine principles). Qiyas -various forms of reasoning, including by analogy — are used by the law scholars to deal with situations where the sources provided no concrete rules. The consensus of the community or people, public interest, and others were also accepted as secondary sources where the first four primary sources allow.  (check out Wikipedia for more information)