<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Sharia on MENA Research Center</title><link>https://mena-studies.org/tags/sharia/</link><description>Recent content in Sharia on MENA Research Center</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-GB</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 22:18:51 +0200</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://mena-studies.org/tags/sharia/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Civil Nature of the State in Islam</title><link>https://mena-studies.org/the-civil-nature-of-the-state-in-islam/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 10:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://mena-studies.org/the-civil-nature-of-the-state-in-islam/</guid><description>Amid the re-formulation of social contracts in the countries of the Arab Spring, there has been a call for a civil and democratic state—even from currents and parties of political Islam. Yet the question remains open regarding the possibility of applying…</description></item></channel></rss>