The word shûrâ or will choura (Arab: rear RTL شورَى/šūrā/or, dialog, council ) indicates for example the Parliament of an Islamic State, the board of directors of a party or a religious institution. Within the religious framework Moslem it is a council of Moslem judges.

The order was given to Mahomet to consult the believers before making a decision.

Forgives them! Be sorry for them; consult them on any thing; but, when you made a decision, your confidence as a God places.

- God likes those which rely on him

Coran (III; 159)

This verse allowed the reformists of the Arab world XIXe and XXe centuries to justify the adoption of parliamentary modes.