Khul' they believe to be valid reasons for divorce. Views on role of the court and judge varies across schools, depending on whether or not the divorce is considered a type of talaq (husband's repudiation of the marriage) or judicial annulment. If the husband does not consent to the divorce, a woman often goes to a mediating third party, such as an imam. Only a person versed in Islamic law i.e. a qadi, or Islamic Sharia court judge, can grant the khulʿ without the husband’s consent. When petition for khulʿ is taken to the Sharia courts, a judge is permitted to
Application of Islamic law by country a mixed legal system of French civil law and customary law. Article 7 of the constitution identifies sharia as source of law in matters of personal status and inheritance among members of communities to which it applies. Ghana is a secular state. Any other laws inconsistent with the national constitution are deemed null and void. No religious laws are applied in civil or criminal cases . It has a mixed legal system of civil law and customary law. It has a civil law system. Islamic law is applied by Kadhis' Courts where "all the parties profess the Muslim religion". Under