The ruling Shiite religious parties are demanding that provisions of the Koran, called Sharia, become the supreme authority on marriage, divorce, and inheritance issues.

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In Pakistan too, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif called for Sharia to be made supreme law in 1998.

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Legislation allows the Sharia court to hear any criminal case that falls under Islamic laws called the Hudood laws.

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