Sharia courts administration in Mandatory Palestine
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Sharia courts administration in Mandatory Palestine was the judicial body responsible for overseeing and managing Islamic religious courts and the application of Islamic law among the Muslim population under the British Mandate.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
judicial administration
ⓘ
religious court system ⓘ |
| aim | to maintain Islamic legal autonomy in personal status matters ⓘ |
| appliedLaw |
Islamic law
ⓘ
Sharia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliedSchoolOfLaw |
Hanafi school of Islamic law
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sunni Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Christian ecclesiastical courts in Mandatory Palestine
ⓘ
Jewish religious courts in Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ civil courts in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| continuedFrom | Ottoman Sharia court system in Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endedWith | termination of the British Mandate for Palestine in 1948 ⓘ |
| existedDuring |
1920s in Mandatory Palestine
ⓘ
1930s in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ 1940s in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| function |
administration of Islamic courts
ⓘ
implementation of Islamic personal status law ⓘ oversight of Sharia judges ⓘ |
| geographicScope | territory of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| hadCourtLevel |
Sharia appellate court
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
local Sharia courts ⓘ |
| historicalSuccessor |
Sharia court systems in the State of Israel
ⓘ
Sharia court systems in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ⓘ |
| jurisdictionOver | Muslim population in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| jurisdictionType |
divorce
ⓘ
guardianship ⓘ inheritance ⓘ marriage ⓘ personal status matters ⓘ |
| legalCharacter | confessional court system ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
family law
ⓘ
religious law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official component of the Mandate judicial system ⓘ |
| legalSystemContext | Mandate-era legal system in Palestine ⓘ |
| operatedUnder | British Mandate for Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | plural legal system of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | religious jurisdiction for Muslims ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Government of the British Mandate for Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Mandatory Palestine legal ordinances on religious courts ⓘ |
| relatedTo | millet-style religious court arrangements inherited from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| servedCommunity | Muslim community in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| startAfter | Ottoman Empire rule in Palestine ⓘ |
| subjectTo | oversight of the High Commissioner for Palestine ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | British Mandatory authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | British Mandate period in Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
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