Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions. Different religious systems hold sacred law in a greater or lesser degree...

binding case law through precedent, although on occasion this may be overturned by a higher court or the legislature. Historically, religious law has influenced...

Arabic: شَرِيعَة, romanized: sharīʿah, IPA: [ʃaˈriːʕa]) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam...

and halocho (Ashkenazic: [haˈlɔχɔ]), is the collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah. Halakha is based on...

Jewish religious law regarding clothing and modesty (tzniut). Contemporary styles in the wider culture also have a bearing on Jewish religious clothing...

generally based on one of four basic systems: civil law, common law, customary law, religious law or combinations of these. However, the legal system...

appointment of religious leaders, the establishment of a corpus of doctrine, the disciplining of leaders and followers with respect to religious law, and the...

secular law if they wish). The Indian Constitution permits partial financial support for religious schools as well as the financing of religious buildings...

societies that adhere to religious law, wherein "religious education" connotes the dominant academic study, and in typically religious terms, teaches doctrines...

The French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools bans wearing conspicuous religious symbols in French public (e.g., government-operated)...

ideologue of modern Religious Zionism was Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, who justified Zionism according to Jewish law, and urged young religious Jews to support...

well as segregation which arises from laws, whether they are explicit or implicit. The similar term religious apartheid has also been used for situations...

interpretations of religious ideas inspire political activism and action; for example, laws are passed to foster stricter religious adherence. Ideologically-driven...

differed between religions. In modern concepts of religious freedom, the law is usually blind to religious affiliation. In Antiquity, a syncretic point of...

Law, Group Polarization, and the Epistemology of Online Religious Discourse". SSRN 1332169. Chivers, Tom (October 23, 2009). "Internet rules and laws:...

should only be termed [religious wars], in so far as at least one of the belligerents lays claim to 'religion', a religious law, in order to justify his...

not be any interaction considered inappropriate according to Jewish religious law between men and women.[citation needed] As the battalion runs on a voluntary...

their religious scriptures. Implementation of a uniform civil code across the nation is pursued by India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Personal laws cover...

products. Islam has similar laws, dividing foods into haram (forbidden) and halal (permitted). Jains often follow religious directives to observe vegetarianism...

specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons, specifically to promote the observance of the...

or infidelity. These terms imply moral or religious consequences, whether in civil law or religious law. American researcher Alfred Kinsey found in...

practices, moral commandments and laws, ethical conduct, spiritual aspirations, and admonitions for fostering a religious community. Within each religion...

keeping scriptures, arranging festivals, and maintaining specific religious cults. Labour law arose in parallel with the Industrial Revolution as the relationship...

In the criminal law of many nations, necessity may be either a possible justification or an exculpation for breaking the law. Defendants seeking to rely...

The Religious Organizations Law (宗教団体法, Shūkyō Dantai Hō) was a Japanese law passed by the National Diet in 1939 and enacted in 1940. The law gave the...

law are important. Conflicts frequently arise between secular understandings of justice or morality and divine law. Religious law, such as canon law,...

on sharia law is legislation that prohibits the application or implementation of Islamic law (Sharia) in courts in any civil (non-religious) jurisdiction...

discourses or legal understanding of religious phenomena. Exponents look at canon law, natural law, and state law, often in a comparative perspective....

The legal system of India consists of civil law, common law, customary law, religious law and corporate law within the legal framework inherited from the...

In many traditions and statutes of civil or religious law, the consummation of a marriage, often called simply consummation, is the first (or first officially...