With a penal code in place, "the state will expect judges to rely not on their own training in sharia but instead on the legal rules (based on sharia) approved by the state," said Nathan Brown, an academic at George Washington University.
Hamwe n’amategeko ahana, "leta izateganya ko abacamanza batashingira ku mahugurwa yabo bwite muri shariya ahubwo bakurikiza amategeko (ashingiye kuri shariya) yemejwe na leta", ibi bikaba byavuzwe na Nathan Brown, umunyeshuri muri kaminuza ya George Washington.