Law of the Turkmen Emirate
The law of the Islamic Turkmen Emirate is based on Hanafi sharia and the decrees of Caliph Suleiman III.
Civil rights and freedom of religion
Non-Muslims can practice their religion openly and have their own courts of law (there’s an orthodox court and a Jewish court) but are forbidden to maliciously insult Islam. The Law on The Right To Debate states “People can express their religious or political beliefs in a way that adheres to public order and basic standards of courtesy and which refrains from expressing hatred or contempt to others.”
This means there is some freedom of speech but exceptions include racist hate speech, misogynistic hate speech, obscenity, obscene language in public, blasphemy (insult to Islam), lese majeste, espionage, seditious libel (“knowingly, recklessly or negligently publishing false statements likely to cause violent insurrection against the Emir or Caliph or division between the Emir’s subjects), incitement to crime and dress code violations.
Petitioning is legal and protected.
Searches require a warrant from a judge apart from searches to protect national security authorised by an emergency services person ranked O-3 (Captain) or above.
Books classified as obscene are banned whilst books classified as blasphemous, seditious or racist can only be read by professional experts on the subject to criticise them.
The Anarchist Cookbook is banned except to military or other emergency service personnel ranked E-4 or higher.
Criminal law See also: Crime in the Turkmen Emirate Capital punishment in the Turkmen Emirate Criminal law penalises crimes that have near-universal application such as murder, theft or rape but also penalises crimes that are unusual in the modern west such as adultery, fornication and the consumption or sale of alcohol.
Penalties include capital punishment, judicial corporal punishment, fines, suspended sentences, community service, exile and imprisonment.
Capital crimes include murder along with offences against the state such as treason, violent sexual offences such as rape, drug offences such as smuggling opioids or alcohol and the non-violent offence of adultery (though no has been executed for adultery since centuries before the Turkmen Emirate was established).
Juries are not used.
Family law
Family law in the Emirate varies by religion. Separate courts exist for the Muslim majority, the Christian minority and the small Jewish minority.
Polygyny is legal subject to certain conditions but polyandry is illegal.
Immigration law Immigration is permitted for those who are university educated or have a valuable practical skill, those who are independently wealthy and those who are are fleeing persecution.
Certain violent offences, drug offences or sexual offence lead to barring of immigration.