Sharia (2016)

Name: Sharia
Director: Anouar H. Smaine
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016-02-12
Duration: 39 min
Cast: Said Faraj, Lauren Byrnes, Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, Anouar H. Smaine

Drama

Director: Anouar H. Smaine

Cast: Said Faraj, Lauren Byrnes, Hadj Smaine Mohamed Seghir, Anouar H. Smaine

Runtime39 min

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Sofiane is an Arab immigrant who lives in the US away from religion, customs, and traditions of his native land. His life is turned upside down as his American wife; Heather, starts making drastic changes in her spiritual beliefs and lifestyle. Although not really excited about Heather's decision, Sofiane puts an act in front of her to look supportive. But as time goes by, Heather's religious practices start to brings back to him old memories of painful experiences, and threaten to unearth a past Sofiane thought was buried forever.

Critical Reception & Ratings

Sharia is a 2016 drama film directed by Anouar H. Smaine that explores the cultural and religious tensions within an Arab immigrant's family in the US. While critical reception is unclear, the film's exploration of these complex themes suggests it may be a thought-provoking, if potentially divisive, viewing experience for audiences.

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Sharia is the body of Islamic religious law based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and hadith. In Islamic terminology, sharia refers to immutable and intangible divine law, in contrast to fiqh, which refers to its interpretations by Islamic scholars through madhhab, as enacted by an Islamic court. Sharia has always been used alongside customary law in Islamic history. It has been elaborated upon and developed over the centuries by legal opinions issued by qualified jurists—reflecting the tendencies of different schools. It was integrated with various economic, penal and administrative laws issued by Muslim rulers and implemented for centuries by judges in the courts of Muslim locales until modernity, when secularism was gradually adopted in Islamic societies.