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300 Women To Give Up Burqas In The Netherlands

Burqa Ban

The Dutch government is taking steps to ban the burqa along with other face-covering clothing such as ski masks.  Although the legislation process may take several months to pass in the Dutch Parliament, the move has received public support.  The ban is likely to affect only about 300 women thought to be wearing the burqa [...]

Saudi Arabia Grand Mufti Says Twitter Being Used by Scholars to Promote Lies

Lies Promoted On Twitter

The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh announced during Friday prayers that Twitter has become a platform for propagating lies.  The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia is concerned that the social networking site was used by Muslim scholars to issue “countless” erroneous Fatwas or edicts, which attacked religious and [...]

Indonesia – Are Women Protected in Aceh?

No Monthly Alimony

Indonesian officials in Banda Aceh have defended the use of Sharia laws, arguing that it protects women’s rights.  This is especially so in divorce cases as it is the responsibility of the husband to pay for his wife’s monthly alimony.  However, many men have been found to ignore this mandatory ruling. Divorce cases often [...]

Libya – A Third of Libyan Oil Reserves Belongs to France?

Oil for Security

Libya’s rebel-led National Transitional Council (NTC) was reported to have struck a deal with France.  It will assign 35 percent of Libya’s crude oil reserves to France – a permanent member of the UN Security Council – in return for its support. French paper Liberation reported this news with a leaked letter to the [...]

Libya – Was It For The Oil?

Back To Life For Libyan Oil

Libya’s enigmatic leader Muammar Gadaffi is gone.  And now, it is business as usual for Libya as the economy – which came to a screeching halt during the insurgency this year – comes back to life.  Leading the charge is the Libyan oil and gas industry as it is the most [...]

Saudi Arabia – Royal Approval for Blood Money Inflation

Inflation for Blood Money

Limits for blood money in Saudi Arabia are set to rise after the Kingdom’s royals have approved a proposal.  The “inflation” of blood money is in tandem in light of the recent price hikes of camels in the Kingdom, which according to Sharia laws, the family of the murdered victim has to be [...]

Iran – Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Verdict Still Unknown

Decision Pending Over Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani’s Fate

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement which says that a decision is still pending over the fate of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.  She was earlier sentenced to death by stoning for alleged adultery, but the charge was changed to murder as she was accused of playing a role [...]

Saudi Arabia – The Battle Of The Black Magic Practitioners, And Sheikhs

Websites and Online Forums For Black Magic

In Saudi Arabia, people who need black magic spells, remove them or to enlist the help of an “evil eye” can turn to either of these “professionals” – black magic practitioners, and sheikhs.  Black magic is a lucrative and growing market in Saudi Arabia.  Interestingly, the intense competition has led [...]

Saudi Teachers Fearful of the Rise of Violent Students

Violent Saudi Students

Students in Saudi Arabia are increasingly becoming violent.  Within one recent week, 3 isolated cases of violence were reported, sparking concerns in the Kingdom that the youths are increasingly violent and the possession of weapons by students in schools. 

Revenge Of The Students

Students attacking teachers, students fighting against students, and students destroying property in the act [...]

Saudi Arabia – Shops Selling Colorful Women’s Clothes Raided

Colorful Is Bad

All for the sake of Saudi Arabia’s Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, the Islamic police of Saudi Arabia kick-off a series of raids on shops in Riyadh and the town of Taif.  Shops that sell colorful women’s clothes, were raided and the “contrabands” – that is the colorful women’s [...]