‘Islamic law’ refers to juristic interpretations (fiqh) of divine law (sharīʿah); ‘Muslim legalities’ refers to either state law (where Muslims are the majority or minority) or the legal practices of non-state Muslim communities. The key distinction between these two overlapping categories is that Islamic jurisprudence is generated by an interpretive process anchored in canonical Islamic texts; in comparison, Muslim legalities are generated by an interpretive process anchored in a state or other legal system that may or may not be Islamic and with a population that may or may not have a Muslim majority