A report by the American Center for Law and Justice caught my attention a while back. The eye-catching headline reads: “A Victory in Defending Christian Convert in U.S.” It tells the story of how a 17-year old Muslim girl, known simply as Nishan, living in Ohio with her father became the subject, of an arranged marriage in 2007 [...]
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Sudan is in the news again. This time it involves the caning of Silva Kashifa, a 16-year old girl who was charged with wearing indecent clothing and sentenced to 50 lashes of the cane. She was wearing a normal skirt. Remember Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein? She was a widow and former journalist who was charged with wearing indecent clothing, which [...] In case you missed it, 29-year old Yuri Foreman has just won the WBA super welterweight championship boxing fight a fortnight ago. If you missed it, it is perhaps understandable, because many people were more interested in following the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto fight then. The WBA super welterweight championship boxing fight took place on November 14 at [...] The Malaysian state of Pahang is the only state in Malaysia to impose mandatory caning penalty for Muslims caught consuming alcohol. It is this state that imposed a caning sentence on Malaysian model Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno for this very offense. But as we all know by now, this caning sentence has caused disquiet among Malaysians as [...] By now we have all heard or read what Henry Thierry said of his handball foul which sent France into the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final competition at the expense of Ireland. Henry Thierry said: “I am not a cheat and never have been”. Henry Thierry added: “I did handball the ball, but I did not [...] Twenty three years ago, at the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter final match in Mexico, Argentina’s team captain Diego Armando Maradona scored a goal aginst England with his hand. The referee did not see that infringement, and awarded the goal to Argentina, much to the protest of the England team. That goal became known as the “Hand [...] Recently women MPs in Kuwait won the right not to wear the Muslim headscarf in Parliament. In many western countries, freedom of dressing for women is a given. But for many Muslim women, they have a dress code to observe. Qory Sandioriva, the current Miss Indonesia (Putri Indonesia) 2009 caused some disquiet when she did not wear a [...] |
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