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Court System
The traditional Islamic court is the qadi's (judge's) court. Historically, there were no specialized court buildings and laws were not codified in the Western style. Judges were appointed by the ruler and typically heard cases in marketplaces, mosques, palaces, or private homes and were sometimes assisted by a consultative council (majlis) of legal scholars. Nineteenth-century European colonial administrations accelerated the institutionalization of courts and substitution of codified European laws for Islamic laws in all but personal status law. Twentieth-century Islamists seeking the re-Islamization of law assert that Islamic legal norms should replace European law codes in all areas.
See also Shariah Courts
