“…A more articulate meaning refers to siyar in terms of its subject matter as 'legal matters such as the relations between Muslims and non-Muslims, apostates and rebels within the Islamic State as well as outside of it' (Bouzenita, 2007). However, there are queries as to modern compatibility of siyar, drawing upon the difficulties of embedding the principles of siyar into modern international legal order (Cravens, 1998;Lombardi, 2007;Powell, 2016;Powell & McDowell, 2016;Westbrook, 1993).…”