Is Sharia Law a legal system or a set of guidelines that guides daily life and behaviour of Muslims - in much the same way that faa-Samoa determines appropriate behaviour for Samoans?
E iai taimi e soona faaoga ai e nisi faalapotopotoga ma sui faipule le tu ma aga Isalama le "sharia law" e finau ai le mau e taofia tagata Moselemi ona ulufale mai i le atunuu.
Ae i se talanoaga ma nisi e lava le tomai i le mataupu i tulafono Sharia, e foliga mai e tai tutusa ma la tatou faa-Samoa.
E iai a tatou tu ma aga e tatau i tagata uma ona malamalama ma mulimulita'i iai.
E le faaigoaina o se solitulafono le savali ma 'ai i le alatele, le savali i luma o tagata ae le punou ma faatulou. Ae tatou te vaai iai o se tagata e le mafaufau ma le a'oa'ia. E tai foliga faapena le Sharia.
I se talanoaga ma Dr Ghena Krayem o se faia'oga i le a'oga Loia i le Iunivesite o Sini, Law School, na ia ta'ua o le Sharia, e le o ni tulafono e pei o tulafono a le malo o loo puipuia ai aia ma le saogalemu o tagata i Ausetalia nei.
O ni ta'iala ma faavae aua le ola o tagata Moselemi - i taimi o talosaga, tapu i mea taumafa, le va o le tane ma le ava, tua'oi ma le tausiga o aiga.....
KRAYEM
"For example, the way in which Muslims pray, the way in which Muslims eat, the way in which they engage with their relationships, their neighbours, their family, the way in which they wash themselves. All of these things that are really the totality of a Muslim's life come within the bounds of sharia. And one small part of it relates to some of the common things we would associate with the legal system."
