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.
Ngekhowudi yezohlwayo, "urhulumente uya kulindela ukuba abagwebi bangathembele kuqeqesho lwabo kwi-sharia kodwa kunoko kwimithetho yomthetho (esekelwe kwi-sharia) evunywe ngurhulumente," watsho uNathan Brown, isazi kwiYunivesithi yaseGeorge Washington.