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Talking About Terrorism
Hiroshima :: Japan | 2 months ago
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The culture of silence and terrorism denial is sometimes well meaning. Since the Bush days, experts on Islam have warned that the best way to defeat Islamic terrorists is to undermine their claim to fighting on behalf of Islam by refusing to call
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Poll: Pakistani youth disenchanted with democracy
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 3 months ago
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Pakistanis believe the country should be governed by Islamic law or military rule rather than democracy, according to a survey released Wednesday, weeks before historic national elections. Pakistan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on May
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Saudi man who paralysed his best friend in a knife attack threatened with having his spinal cord cut in a 'eye-for-an eye' punishment
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 3 months ago
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2 April 2013 A Saudi man convicted of paralysing his best friend in a knife attack is being threatened with having his spinal cord cut in a tit-for-tat punishment. The ultra-conservative desert Kingdom enforces Islamic law and on rare occasions
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Islamic law comes to rebel-held Syria
Aleppo :: Syria | 3 months ago
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Rebels from al-Qaeda affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra wave their brigade flag after capturing the Taftanaz air base in Idlib province. In rebel-held areas of Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra is widely identified as the leading force behind Islamic laws. Syria The
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Mali Islamists warned on Sharia
Mopti :: Mali | 4 months ago
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It criticises militants in Mali for implementing Islamic law too quickly and predicts France's intervention. The document was found by journalists in Timbuktu, northern Mali...In the document, versions of which were earlier published by Associated
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Islamic wardrobe sees feminine frills
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Southern California, home to one of the largest Muslim communities in the nation, has become fertile ground for a new generation of designers crafting clothes for women who are limited by faith and conviction from flashing too much skin...Filling
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Tunisia's Salafis: 'A Danger' Or Preachers Of God's Law?
Tunis :: Tunisia | 5 months ago
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The uprisings of the Arab Spring unleashed a new political force in the region Salafis, ultraconservative Muslims who aspire to a society ruled entirely by a rigid form of Islamic law. Their models are the salaf, or ancestors, referring to the
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Islamic Law, Adoptions and Kafalah
Sydney :: Australia | 5 months ago
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43 editor Conventional wisdom among both Muslims and non-Muslims holds that adoption, as practiced in much of the Western world, is alien and prohibited by dictates of Islam. This, of course, ignores the sophistication and nuances of both Western
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OP-ED: The Arab Spring at Two: What Lessons Should We Learn?
Cairo :: Egypt | 6 months ago
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IPS Articles The internal debates to fill the governance gap are expected to be intense but largely peaceful. The euphoria that followed the precipitous fall of Mubarak, Egypt's reputed third longest reigning dictator since Ramses II, understandably
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Highlights from Egypt's draft constitution
Cairo :: NY :: USA | 6 months ago
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Egypt's draft constitution, which is being voted on in a referendum Saturday, is made up of an introduction, an 11-part preamble and 236 articles. Shariah (Islamic) law Like a previous constitution, the draft states, "Principles of Islamic Shariah
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