Just out of curiosity, was Assad doing the same, for so-called “religious crimes”?
“He says the judges did apply a form of sharia, but not the same way as in the Al-Nusra sponsored tribunals. Syria’s existing laws are based on Islamic principles but with processes inspired by French and Ottoman jurisprudence.”
Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jan-09/201443-syrias-other-struggle-balancing-sharia-and-justice.ashx#ixzz2O85LJ7FY
(The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)