Terrible! The reason the laws treat women worse than I would treat a dog is because women can't vote.
Women can and did vote in Egypt, Palestine, Pakistan and Turkey, all bringing in Islamist parties to power. Case in point Turkey, the most secular of Muslim majority and democratic states.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Turkey)
Other examples of Islamic democracies, where Sharia is favored, and women vote as abundantly as men,
Malaysia
Schedule 9 of Malaysian constitution recognizes Islamic law as a state subject; in other words, the states of Malaysia have the power to enact and enforce sharia.
[101] Islamic criminal law statutes have been passed at the state level in
Terengganu,
[102] Kelantan[103] and
Perlis,
[104][
page needed] but as of 2014 none of these laws have been implemented, as they contravene the
Federal Constitution.
[105][106][107] In 2007, Malaysia's Federal court ruled that
apostasy matter lay "within the exclusive jurisdiction of Sharia Courts".
[101] Malaysian Muslims can be sentenced to
caning for such offences as drinking beer,
[108] and adultery.
[109] Several sharia crimes, such as
khalwat (close proximity of unmarried man and woman) are punishable only in Sharia courts of Malaysia. Publishing an Islamic book that is different from official Malaysian version, without permission, is a crime in some states. Other sharia-based criminal laws were enacted with "Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territory) Act of 1997".
[101] Muslims are bound by Sharia on personal matters, while members of other faiths follow civil law. Muslims are required to follow Islamic law in family, property and religious matters.
[110] In 1988 the
constitution was amended to state that civil courts cannot hear matters that fall within the jurisdiction of Sharia courts.
[111]
Indonesia
Aceh is the only part of Indonesia to apply Sharia in full. Islamic courts in Aceh had long handled cases of marriage, divorce and inheritance. After special autonomy legislation was passed in 2001, the reach of courts extend to criminal justice.
[167] Under a 2009 law, married people convicted of adultery can be sentenced to death by stoning, while unmarried people can be sentenced to 100 lashes. Offences such as being alone with an unrelated member of the opposite gender, gambling and breaking Islamic dress rules can be punished with a public caning.
[168] In 2014, the provincial government of
Aceh extended sharia's reach, enacting and enforcing sharia to apply it to non-Muslims as well.
[169][170]
n other parts of Indonesia, religious courts have jurisdiction over civil cases between Muslim spouses on matters concerning marriage, divorce, reconciliation, and alimony. The competence of religious courts is not exclusive, and parties can apply to District Courts for adjudication on basis of
Roman Dutch law or local
adat.
[171][
dated info]
Suharto’s
New Order expanded the reach of Islamic law, first with the 1974 Marriage Act, which assigned jurisdiction over the marriage and divorce of Muslims to the Islamic courts (
Indonesian:
peradilan agama), and with the 1989 Religious Judicature Act, which elevated Islamic courts by making them a parallel legal system, equal to state courts and gave them jurisdiction over inheritance (
wasiyyah), gifts (
hibah) and religious endowments.
[172] Muslim litigants could originally choose whether to have inheritance questions decided by the Islamic courts or by the civil courts but a 2006 amendment eliminated this possibility; the same amendment gave Islamic courts new jurisdiction over property disputes, including financial and economic matters.
[172] Muslims seeking a divorce must also file their claim in Islamic courts.
[172] The Compilation of Islamic Law 1991 (
Indonesian:
Kompilasi Hukum Islam) regulates marriage, inheritance, and charitable trusts (
wakaf).
[172] Islamic law falls outside the jurisdiction of the
Constitutional Court.
[172] Since 2006, a number of
districts have issued local ordinances based on sharia.
[173]
Pakistan
Until 1978 Islamic law was largely restricted to personal status issues.
Zia ul Haq introduced Sharia courts and made far reaching changes in the criminal justice system.
[119] Articles 203a to 203j of the
constitution establish a sharia court with the power to judge any law or government actions to be against Islam, and to review court cases for adherence to Islamic law. The penal code includes elements of sharia.
[120] Under article 5, section 2 of the
Ordinance No. VII of 1979, whoever is guilty of
zina, "if he or she is a
muhsan, be stoned to death at a public place; or if he or she is not a muhsan, be punished, at a public place, with whipping numbering one hundred stripes".
[121] Under a
2006 law, rape cases can be heard under civil as well as Islamic law.
[122]