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Demonstrative Prayer Disruptive Can students of one religion kneel in the school’s hallway to pray? If so, can the school be accused of violating its obligation to religious neutrality? And what should the school do if pupils of other faiths also demand the right to engage in demonstrative prayer sessions? Muslim student Yunus M had sued his [...] Dispute Over Appropriateness Of Swimwear In Australia, Muslim woman Pakeeza Shaikh has won A$16,000 in compensation and a written apology from Perth’s Adventure World for the discrimination and humiliation she and her friends underwent when they were not allowed to take part in water rides in their religious clothing. The Case Against Perth’s Adventure World Pakeeza Shaikh had complained that the [...] A Muslim Woman’s Option To Divorce It seems that there is an increasing divergence of views between Muslim men and women on the issue of polygamy. Dr Nik Noraini Shah, a legal advisor to Sisters in Islam (SIS) – an organization based in Malaysia that articulates the rights of Muslim women through the interpretation of the Koran [...] New Legal Clarification On Organ Donation In UAE Are prospects for the thousands of people in the United Arab Emirates awaiting organ transplants going to be much brighter now that the Ministry of Health there has given the go-ahead for organs to be harvested from deceased persons by specifying the conditions under which these procedures can be [...] Transvestites Banned From Working In Beauty Salons What is a transvestite? Now a group of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) meeting in East Java last week came up with an answer – transvestites are still male. And following from that, they concluded that it is not permissible for females to have their hair cut by transvestites at beauty salons. [...] Deoband Fatwa: “Haram” To Receive A Woman’s Earnings Controversy surrounds the fatwa issued by clerics of the Darul Uloom, a seminary based in Deoband, an Indian-Muslim predominant area north of New Delhi. 3 clerics of the Darul Uloom decreed on April 4 that it is against the Sharia law to accept a woman’s earnings. In other words, this [...] Honor Killing Of British-Pakistani Family in Pakistan A British family who returned to Pakistan to celebrate the youngest son’s wedding was shot dead a few days later while they were visiting a family grave. The three killed were Mohammad Yousaf, his wife Pervase, and their 21 year-old daughter Tania. The killing has been attributed to an honour [...] American Cartoonist Apologizes For Offending Muslims American cartoonist Molly Norris shot to fame when her idea to make May 20 the “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day” was hijacked by someone who created a Facebook page of the same name without her knowledge. But this is the fame that Molly Norris would rather not have, for she has now [...] Women Support Ban On Gender Mixing Just when it seems that the anti-sex segregation lobby is gaining momentum in Saudi Arabia, along came a group of Saudi women declaring their support for the existing law. What prompted this action, and why did they do it? Open Letter Noor Al-Islam published an open letter on its website. This open letter is [...] |
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