Prof. John Makdisi traces the Islamic Origins of the Common Law
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times We can read John Makdisi’s magnum opus by ordering the North Carlina Law Review article from a Library or by […]
The Latest from the Review of Religions: The Punishment for Fornication, Rape and False Allegations in Light of Islamic Hadd and Ta’zir
BY Zaheer Ahmad Khan Within every set of laws in the world there is a penal code and the system of punishment serves as a deterrent for crime. In all […]
Polls: Abortion and Catholicism
Just as U.S. adults overall are divided along religious and political lines in their attitudes about abortion, Catholics too vary in their views, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. Among U.S. Catholics who attend Mass at least once a week, 68% say abortion should be illegal in all or […]
The Speaker versus the Constitution
In seemingly acting out of fear of his boss Imran Khan, Qasim Suri has dealt a great blow to Pakistan’s fragile democracy. By Shehryar Awan Published April 6, 2022 – Updated about 8 hours […]
Rape in Islamic law: Establishing the crime and upholding the rights of the innocent
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source of article: Al Hakam The teachings of Islam stipulate that the state is responsible […]
University of Michigan to Pay $490 Million to Sexual Abuse Victims
Source: WSJ By Allison Prang More than 1,000 people were victims of sexual abuse by former university doctor Robert Anderson who died in 2008 The University of Michigan is paying $490 […]
Video: Islamic Origin of 12-Man Jury in Anglo-Saxon Law
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Suggested Reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: By the Grace of […]
French MPs back law to introduce age of sexual consent
Source: BBC French MPs have voted to back a new law that would set the age of consent at 15 and prohibit sex with relatives aged under 18. It is expected to pass in the Senate and will give France an age of consent for sexual relations for the first […]
All four former officers involved in George Floyd’s killing now face charges, Sen. Klobuchar says
Epigraph: O people! We created you from a male and a female, and made you races and tribes, that you may know one another. The best among you in the […]
UK: Call to close teenage sex ‘loophole’ for faith leaders and coaches
Source: The Guardian By Josh Halliday, North of England correspondent Report says law fails to prevent supervising adults from having sex with 16- and 17-year-olds A cross-party group of MPs […]
The Never Ending Debate Between the Sharia Law and the Secular Law
Pakistan forgiveness laws: The price of getting away with murder Source: BBC The murder was so brutal it shocked even the hardened detectives who arrived at the scene on the […]
Brunei invokes laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery
By ANNABELLE LIANG SINGAPORE (AP) — New Islamic criminal laws that took effect Wednesday in Brunei that punish gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death have triggered an […]
Book Review: American Justice 2014 Nine Clashing Visions on the Supreme Court
Source: University of Pennsylvania Press By Garrett Epps, who is a contributing writer for the Atlantic and the American Prospect. His most recent book, American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution, […]
Is a President Above the Law in Islamic Tradition?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times It should not surprise those who have been following US politics, what Ryan J. Reilly recently wrote in […]
Video: Martin Luther King on Just and Unjust Laws
Suggested Reading A Litmus Test Proposed by Martin Luther King, for Trump’s Laws
Pakistani Village Council Arrested After Ordering Teenage Girl’s Rape
Source: New York Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani police arrested 25 people in a rural village on Thursday, after the village council ordered a man to publicly […]
Trump travel ban: Seattle judge issues nationwide block
Source: BBC A US judge in Seattle has issued a temporary nationwide block on President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from seven mainly Muslim nations. Federal Judge James Robart ruled […]
Q&A with Khalifatul Maseeh | Does Islam allow abortion? If yes, on what conditions?
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Question: Does Islam allow abortion? If yes, on what conditions? Answered By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), fourth Caliph of Hazrath Mirz Ghulam ahmad Qadiani (pbuh) who is the Promised Messiah of all Religions / Maseeh-e-Maood wa Mahdi-e-Maood of Muslims Hazrath Mirza ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as) A video made by Abdul shafi Bharwana, […]
UK: Ahmadi Muslim Asad Shah’s murder prompts Scots law review
Source: bbc.com Asad Shah murder prompts Scots law review 9 August 2016 | From the sectionScotland SPINDRIFT: Asad Shah was murdered outside his shop in Glasgow The law covering religiously aggravated crimes is to be reviewed in the wake of the murder of Asad Shah. The Crown Office decided the circumstances of the […]
Video: Is justice served when religious arbitration replaces courts of law?
Epigraph: O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice, and be witnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred. Whether he be rich […]