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shari'a

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sha·ri·'a or sha·ri·a also sha·ri·'ah  (shä-rä)
n. Islam
The code of law based on the Koran.

[Arabic ar'a, divinely ordained law, from ara'a, to prescribe or ordain (of God); see r in Semitic roots.]


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The bank focuses on providing customers with quality, cost-effective and Shari'a compliant financial services across its personal, corporate, royal, investment and institutional banking business lines.
Sarfaraz, who works as a business development manager at a Dubai-based IT services company, found out about National Bonds in February 2008 while browsing the internet in search of Shari'a compliant saving schemes.
Shari'a law strongly resembles in nature the laws of the Soviet Union, especially during the reign of Stalin.
 
 
 
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