Suggested reading by the Muslim Times: Defensive War in the Holy Quran in 600 Words By Azhar Goraya, Missionary, Mexico RT En Espanol recently came out with a documentary called “Shariah: […]
Source: Premium Times By Abubakar Ahmadu Maishanu A 20-year-old man was on Tuesday flogged 40 lashes for eating a mango fruit during Ramadan in Nigeria. Ibrahim Ismail was found guilty […]
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah extended a moratorium on the death penalty to incoming legislation barring gay sex Maya Oppenheim @mayaoppenheim Brunei has announced it will not enforce the death penalty for gay sex – […]
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY Tuesday April 10, 2018 Lawyer Aston Paiva (left) meets some of the Ahmadiyya community outside the courtroom at the Shah Alam High Court April 10, 2018. — […]
November 10, 2017 By:Samaa Web Desk KENTUCKY: Father of a slain Muslim pizza delivery driver on Tuesday hugged and forgave his son’s murderer, telling him he did it in the […]
Description: A brief explanation of the law known as Qisas and its connection to forgiveness. Category: Articles Systems in Islam Justice By Aisha Stacey (© 2014 IslamReligion.com) Published on 08 Dec 2014 Last modified on 08 Apr 2015 Islam is a religion that takes into account the nature of […]
The debate about sharia poses bigger questions about law and society by Rowan Williams / June 17, 2013 Published in July 2013 issue of Prospect Magazine Question to Archbishop Williams: Must we accommodate Islam or not, as Christians? Archbishop: Must we accommodate Islam or not as Christians? Must I love […]
A speech delivered by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Khalifatul Masih IV at the Inter‑religious Consults, Suriname, on 3rd June 1991 Published by: Islam International Publications Ltd. Islamabad, Sheephatch Lane, Tilford, Surrey GU10 2AQ, […]
By Y-Sing Liau | Updated Jan 6, 2017 The Koran forbids charging interest or paying it. Yet even strictly observant Muslims can participate in modern-day commerce. They use alternative arrangements designed to comply with sharia, or Islamic law. These financial instruments, in which the buyer and the seller typically share […]
By Rana Husseini – Dec 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Iftaa Department on Thursday issued a fatwa prohibiting the murder of women in the name of family honour. “We received an inquiry from a citizen about Islam’s position regarding the murder of women in so-called honour crimes […]
It is a losing proposition for liberals to engage the clergy, especially given that there are no liberal scholars of Islam grounded in Islamic history and jurisprudence, at least in Pakistan, who can challenge the established sectarian narratives of Barelvis and Deobandis Justice A R Cornelius, being a liberal catholic […]
ARAB NEWS Published — Wednesday 18 November 2015 JEDDAH: Expatriates are all praises for two Saudi men with golden hearts who donated SR225,000 to pay the diya (blood money) for a Filipino driver convicted of running over an Indian man on a motorway accident in the Kingdom. The kind gesture […]
Source:Peace 4Allpeacesymposiumkl@gmail.com The International Human Rights Committee and Projek Dialog will be holding a peace symposium and dinner at the Royale Bintang Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Bukit Bintang on 16 Sept. 2015 (Wednesday — Public Holiday – Malaysia Day ) The symposium entitled “Understanding Shariah from the Religious and Rights Perspectives” will discuss the role […]
RIYADH: SAUD AL-AMMARI Published — Thursday 19 March 2015 Last update 19 March 2015 2:26 am After receiving a kind invitation from Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf, the Saudi ambassador to the United Kingdom, I attended the Global Law Summit in London as part of the Saudi delegation. The summit attracted […]
RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Saturday 20 July 2013 The family of a Saudi national slain by a Filipino worker now on death row is expected to sign a settlement agreement to accept blood money that will free the condemned man. Rodelio “Dondon” Lanuza, who was sentenced to death in 2001 for […]
Source: USA Today By Cathy Lynn Grossman Devotion to Islam shapes the lives of most Muslims but their views on democracy, religious law known as sharia, and family life are varied, a new study finds. The research report on Muslim views on religion, politics and society was released Tuesday by The […]
FABIENNE FAUR | AFP ARABNEWS Wednesday 1 May 2013 WASHINGTON: A majority of Muslims around the world want Shariah law to be implemented in their countries but are split on how it should be applied, […]
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED Monday 18 February 2013 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has paid blood money on behalf of an Indian driver convicted of killing nine people […]
RIYADH: ABDUL HAMEED AL-ANSARI ARABNEWS Friday 1 February 2013 There is a conflict between Shariah authorities and non-Shariah legal experts in areas such as legal studies, methodology and execution of law in Kingdom, according to Ahmed Al-Saqih, a Saudi legal expert. He stressed the need to close the widening gap […]
Huff Post: RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s top cleric on Friday warned against the mixing of the genders, saying it poses a threat to female chastity and society, as the kingdom prepares for the first time to grant women seats on the country’s top advisory body. Delivering his traditional […]
