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Fatwa Or Just An Opinion? Trust the outspoken Saudi cleric Sheikh Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamidi to come out with an answer to the question, “When is a fatwa not a fatwa?” When accused of violating Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz’s order against illegal issuance of fatwas, Sheikh Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamdi came up with this innovative defense [...] Actions Against Christian Priests, School Principal Since the summer of 2011, a series of incidents taking place in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent have led observers to believe religious intolerance is rearing its ugly head there. Briefly, The Incidents Are As Follows: During the summer months, an unspecified number of previously [...] Court Judgments Carnita Matthews, whose case concerning the wearing of a burka has gone through three Australian courts, has lost the last round. She had first been convicted in 2010 of making a false statement to the police, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. She then applied for costs, but the judge has ruled against it. Conviction [...] Second Blow To Attempt To Ban Sharia Law In Oklahoma The people of Oklahoma have received a second blow to their attempt to block the state’s courts from considering international or Islamic law in their judgments. In November 2010 a referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment to introduce such a ban was backed by 70% of voters. [...] ”Any Action That May Harm The Lineage Must Be Avoided” Malaysia’s National Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs has just come out with a fatwa that declares the proposed human milk bank haram because of the danger that children fed with milk from the human milk bank may unwittingly end up marrying one another, an [...] No Turban, No Access To Public Health Care A recent ruling by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) says France is wrong to deny a Sikh man access to public health care system and social benefits – all because he refused to remove his turban for a photo to be taken for his residence card. Ranjit Singh In [...] Go East, Young Men IDENTITY, a gay magazine in the African country of Kenya, recently reported that gay Kenyan men had been sent to the affluent countries in the Persian Gulf as sex slaves for their male Arabic inhabitants. These men did not go there with their eyes open. What they had contracted to do was to become [...] “Necessary Facilities” Lacking For Stoning After keeping quiet about the fate of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian authorities suddenly issued a statement saying that the stoning sentence passed on her could be substituted with a hanging sentence because the prison lacks the “necessary facilities” to execute a stoning sentence. About The Case In 2006, 44-year old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was [...] |
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