Mahkama
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Mahkama (Arabic: مَحْكَمَة maḥkama), also spelled mahkamah, is an Arabic term meaning 'court'[1] or 'courthouse' in a Muslim context, so a Sharia court. The Arabic word (see محكمة) has been adopted with adaptations in the wider Muslim world (see mahkama), with derivatives in Persian, Turkish, Hindi and/or Urdu, Indonesian and/or Malay, etc.[1] The transliterated spelling makhama can also occur.[2][3]