Source: Dawn Afghanistan has pardoned a woman who was raped by a family member but then jailed for adultery, a statement from the presidential palace has said, in a case that highlights deep concerns about women’s rights in the country. It remained unclear whether the 21-year-old-woman, known as Gulnaz, would […]
This article by Zia H Shah MD was originally published in Winter, 2009 volume of the Muslim Sunrise This examines the philosophical and historical basis of human rights. With the […]
Source: Dawn These days there are so many sites and accounts you need to log into that it is hard to think of new, unique passwords. So often, when it comes down to creating a new password people either use the same password over and over again or create easy […]
Source: CNN Author: Susan Candiotti and Ross Levitt The bodies of three men have been found in shallow graves in eastern Ohio, all of them believed to have been killed after answering a Craigslist ad to work on a cattle farm, according to authorities. The Summit County medical examiner’s office […]
Source: Guardian Author: Randeep Ramesh Most of the women from the care agency, were, in the words of a 78-year-old, “nasty and rough”. Whatever the carers’ demeanour, the frail woman in a wheelchair did not expect attitude to translate to violence that left her bewildered and powerless. “Rather than say […]
by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch A government proposal to introduce joint parental responsibility for divorced couples has been widely welcomed. However, the controversial issue of child support payments has been excluded and will be dealt with next year. It is now up to parliament to discuss the necessary legal amendments as […]
Source: Toronto Star Author: Sandro Contenta In the poor neighbourhood of Imbaba, the anger of a stunted revolution is nowhere more intense than in the homes of those who died for democracy. Their families face a revolution without justice, which for them is no revolution at all. By official count, […]
Source: Hurriyet Daily News Author: David Judson America’s famed civil rights leader, Rev. Martin Luther King, had a dream. So why can’t the leaders of Tunisia’s recently victorious and Islamist Ennahda Party have one, too? Yes, this is an odd comparison. But I got to thinking about King and other […]
Source: Pakistan Christian Post Two Christian Religious Leader Bishop Pervaiz Joseph and Rev. Baber George were target of blasphemy law which forced them in hiding with their families in Pakistan Bishop Pervaiz Joseph is leading “Pastors Care Ministries” and also serving as Pastor in Charismatic Gospel Church located at Youhanabad, […]
Dawn Editorial Sponsored by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, the study concludes that many textbooks foster intolerance against religious minorities, particularly against the Hindu community. As a result of this “teaching discrimination”, the likelihood increases that violent religious extremism will continue to grow in the country, weakening religious […]
Source: Dawn Author: Dr. Irfan Zafar Dr Iqbal Syed Hussain is the author of eight books and hundreds of articles that regularly appear in the European, Middle Eastern and Pakistani media. His works include Islam and Western Civilisations, Terrorism in Action, The Qur’an and Modernism, Islam and the Clash of […]
Source: Guardian Author: Jamie Doward Gedimanas Rekesius was sitting in a park sipping a coffee when he answered the question that made him a modern-day slave. “Are you working?,” the middle-aged man asked, as he joined Rekesius on a bench outside the Medical Academy hospital in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest […]
Source: Dawn “My son is innocent and he did the no ball at the asking of the captain,” said Nasim Akhtar, the mother of Mohammad Amir, tears rolling down her cheeks at her home in the village of Changa Bangial outside the Pakistani capital. Amir, 19, is the youngest of […]
Baby Loup lawyer Richard Malka (L) with director Natalia Baleato By RFI France – Article published the Thursday 27 October 2011 A French court has ruled that a private nursery had the right to fire an employee for wearing Islamic head-cover, leading its lawyer to hail an advance for […]
Source: Dawn Author: Ali Asghar Engineer Is `ijtihad` a closed deal? AFTER the recent fatwa from Dar-ul-Uloom, Deoband, (some deny that a fatwa was issued) saying that a Muslim woman cannot work with strange men and if she did her earnings would be haram (prohibited), a debate is raging on […]
Source: Guardian Author: David Batty British courts need not abide by the rulings of the European court of human rights, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said. The lord chief justice Lord Judge said courts were not bound by the rulings of the Strasbourg-based court but should always […]
By MD AL-SULAMI | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: Options other than prison time are to be considered when judges pass sentences on minor crimes, Justice Minister Muhammad Al-Eisa said on Saturday while opening a forum on modern trends in alternative punishments in Riyadh. “The modern trend in criminal law is to […]
Source: Guardian Author: Nabila Ramdani Republican values of liberté, egalité, fraternité will be all but forgotten when thousands of Parisians recall the most murderous episode in the French capital’s postwar history tomorrow. Commemorations are planned for the 50th anniversary of the French-Algerian massacre, when up to 200 peaceful protesters were slaughtered in cold […]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS ARABNEWS CAIRO: Egypt’s transitional military rulers have issued a decree prohibiting all forms of discrimination, including on the basis of religion. The step comes about a week after 26 people were killed in clashes involving minority Coptic Christian protesters, the military and others. It was the worst […]
Source: Dawn Author: Nilofar Ahmed SOME time after the migration of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and his followers to Madina, the Makkans banned the entry of the believers in Makkah, even for the purposes of Haj or umrah. The Muslims yearned to visit the Kaaba to perform the pilgrimage. After about […]