In many countries, a person converting to Islam from other religion is treated just like a person born into a Muslim family. He is not allowed to change his new Islamic faith, and is locked into Islam till he dies. But in a very rare move, a syariah court in Penang, Malaysia last year allowed a [...]
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For most people, reaching 84 years of age would be a nice time to relax with great grand children. But Nigerian Mohammed Bello Abubakar is a very busy person – he has 86 wives! Who is Mohammed Bello Abubakar? Well, he is a former teacher and now a Muslim preacher. He has fathered at least 170 children. [...] The caning sentence imposed on Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno for drinking alcohol by the Shariah court has gone quiet for some time now. It is strange that the caning sentence is still not carried out, despite the fact that the appeals panel of the Syariah High Court has ruled that the caning should proceed. [...] So the Saudi King has intervened in the caning sentence passed on female journalist Rosana Al-Yami. Last weekend, a court in Saudi Arabia sentenced her to 60 lashes of the cane and a travel ban. She was charged for her involvement in the airing of an episode of A Thick Red Line in which a Saudi [...] Qory Sandioriva has started to assume duties as Miss Indonesia (Putri Indonesia) 2009. She has just visited Padang in West Sumatra where she presented victims of the recent earthquake with cash, tents and food. Asked why she chose to visit Padang, Qory Sandioriva said it was because she was touched by the plight of these victims. She [...] In what is believed to be a historic first, a Saudi court has passed its first caning sentence on a female journalist. Journalist Rosanna Al-Yami has just been sentenced to 60 lashes of the cane and a 2-year travel ban. Her crime? For facilitating the production of a recent TV episode of A Thick Red Line in [...] If you are wondering what is Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein (that former journalist who last worked for the UN Mission in Sudan) doing nowadays, here is an update. Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein became a celebrity of sort when she was arrested along with other women at a restuarant for wearing trousers. She was charged under Article 152 of the Sudanese criminal [...] Here is something that caught my attention. A recent report in The Sun entitled “ Parents sell virgins aged 12 for sex” highlights something that many may not be aware. Crime Reporter Anthony France pointed out in his article that usually foreign kids from Eastern Europe, the Far East and Africa are bought into the UK to work as sex [...] On September 14, the outgoing Aceh Legislative Council passed a set of bylaws (Qanun Jinayat) that effectively replaces certain sections of the Criminal Code with Sharia laws for Muslims. Among other things, these bylaws call for death by stoning for those caught in adultery. The Aceh governor has refused to sign off on these bylaws, but [...] |
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