The basis of the Islamic law ( also known as Shariah) are formed by two branches: RITUALS and SOCIAL RELATIONS.
All together they rule for the actions that are:
1. mandatory
2. recommended
3. neutral
4. abhorred
5. prohibited
So, if we compare Shariah with Western law, some actions are punished by law, while others are considered to be wrong.
He hoped to establish trade with the Native American people of the West and find a water route to the Pacific.
Answer:
In 1776, the Founders of the United States met in Philadelphia to draft the Declaration of Independence that dissolved the political ties that united the American people with Britain. Thus was born a new, free and independent nation, the United States of America. Eleven years later, in 1787, after the victory of the American patriots on the battlefield, and having won our independence, many of the men who had met before in Philadelphia met again, together with others, to establish the structure of government of the new nation: the Constitution of the United States. In 1789, after the plan had been ratified, he had the new government. Together, the Declaration and the Constitution are the founding documents of the United States.
With the amendments that have been made over the years, the Constitution is the supreme law of the country, the fundamental law of the nation. But the general language of the Constitution is illuminated by the principles established in the Declaration. Therefore, to better understand and evaluate the form of government we have, it is important to first see the Declaration where the Founders delineated their moral vision and the government it implied.
The government outlawed slavery in 1981 and made it a crime in 2007. Estimates of the percentage of slaves vary from 10% to 20% of Mauritanian population.