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Muslim states with blended sources of law: Muslim countries including Pakistan, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Egypt, Sudan and Morocco have legal systems strongly influenced by sharia, but also cede ultimate authority to their constitutions and the rule of law.

These countries conduct democratic elections, although some are also under the influence of authoritarian leaders.

In these countries, politicians and jurists make law, rather than religious scholars.

Most of these countries have modernized their laws and now have legal systems with significant differences when compared to classical sharia.