New Shari’ah lawyers take oath before SC en banc

The country's new Shari'ah lawyers have taken their oath before the Supreme Court (SC) en banc, the tribunal's public information office (PIO) said Friday.

A total of 191 of 360 takers of the special Bar examinations for the Shari'ah courts passed the two-day licensure test held on January 21 and 28, the SC PIO said.

New Shari'ah lawyers pose with Bar chair Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin after taking their oath before the Supreme Court en banc on Friday, April 27. A total of 191 aspiring lawyers passed the Shari'ah Bar Exam held in January. ????@SCPh_PIO @gmanews pic.twitter.com/eocIBNdF6G

— Nicole-Anne Lagrimas (@nclagrimas) April 27, 2018

Rohanifah Abdul-Rahman landed the top-notcher spot with a rating of 90.40 percent, the SC Office of the Bar Confidant announced late March.

Abdul-Rahman was followed by Abdulkarim Hadji Ibrahim, Jr., with a rating of 89.35 percent, and by Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba with a score of 88.85 percent.

Here is the rest of the top 10:

4. Adly Umpa, 88.80 percent
5. Benyamen H. Salic, 88.45 percent
6. Mozifa Ibbin, 88.00 percent
7. Nurhainie Abolais, 87.90 percent
7. Arvin Sirad, 87.90 percent
8. Nassem Sarangani, 87.25 percent
9. Hisham Panganting, 87.20 percent
10. Rayhana Faisal, 86.85 percent

See the full list of Shari'ah Bar exam passers here.

Shari'ah is Muslim law, which refers to all the ordinances and regulations governing Muslims as found principally in the Qur'an and the Hadith, according to Presidential Decree No. 1083, or the Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines.

Meanwhile, Republic Act No. 6734, or the law establishing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) recognized Shari'ah district and circuit courts and provided for the creation of Shari'ah appellate courts and tribal courts for indigenous communities in the ARMM.

These courts have jurisdiction over cases involving persons, family and property relations. —Nicole-Anne C. Lagrimas/KBK, GMA News