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Who Owns A Non-Muslim’s House After His Death?

Uncertainty

If a person is a non-Muslim resident in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), he just cannot be certain whether or not his property would go to the heirs named in his will after his demise. This is because of the contradiction in two articles of the  UAE Civil Transactions Code.

The Code

The Code’s Article 17 (1) states: [...]

Islamic Leaders Say Honor Killing Is Not Islamic, But Why Do Some People Believe It Is?

Honor Killing Is Not Islamic

The case in Canada of Mohammad Shafia and his wife, who, together, with their son, killed three of the couple’s daughters and Mohammad Shafia’s first wife in a polygamous marriage, has prompted the Muslim community in Canada to try to dispel the view that honor killing is Islamic. A concerted action of [...]

A Hero, Haji Sayed Gulab Shah, And His Brave Daughter, Roya Shams

The Hero

Haji Sayed Gulab Shah, a police colonel in Afghanistan, was the District One police commander. On July 20, 2011,  Haji Sayed Gulab Shah was on the trail of Mullah Qahar, a notorious Taliban commander. Haji Sayed Gulab Shah had been after Mullah Qahar for some time trying to shut down the Mullah’s active network of [...]

India – Deoband Fatwa On Street Hawking

Footpaths Not For Trading Activities

Have you ever been forced to walk onto the road to face the busy vehicular traffic because the pedestrian pavements are taken over by all sorts of traders selling their wares?  A mutton merchant in Shivajinagar certainly did.  And now he has a fatwa from Darul-Uloom Deoband saying that footpaths are not meant [...]

Sumatran Civil Servant Charged With Blasphemy For Posting Atheist Views On Facebook

Charged With Blasphemy And Possibly Also Falsifying Documents

Alexander Aan, a 31-year-old civil servant in the Dharmasraya regency of West Sumatra, who was arrested and charged with blasphemy about a fortnight ago, may now face second charge, that of falsifying documents. The first charge came about because of what Alexander Aan wrote on the Facebook fan page, [...]

How Democratic Is The Muslim Brotherhood?

A Powerful Force In Egyptian Politics

With its Freedom and Justice Party winning 47% of the votes in Egypt’s lower house, the Muslim Brotherhood has become a powerful force in Egyptian politics. In the run-up to the elections the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing campaigned for a modern democratic state, though one based on Islamic sharia [...]

Women Activists In Britain Threatened With Violence

Good Samaritans Becoming Victims

The various forms of mistreatment that a significant number of Muslim females receive from the male members of their families, be they their fathers, brothers and even husbands, have been well documented. Fortunately for the victims, they can turn to human rights organizations for help and relief, i.e. at least for those living [...]

Canada – Now A Saloon Offering Female-Only Hairstyling Days

Privacy Of Women

Canada is to get a new saloon that offers female-only hairstyling days.  This service caters to Muslim women who require privacy.  Located in downtown Halifax, the service is exclusively for women every Monday.

CAS Spa And Saloon

The owner of CAS Spa and Saloon, Lesley Williams, was given this idea by Reema Alharthi, a Saudi student.

Reema [...]

Saudi Arabia – Women Can Watch Live Soccer Matches Soon

Private Cabins And Balconies At New Stadium

While women elsewhere can freely play soccer, or go to a stadium to watch a live soccer match, those in Saudi Arabia have not be able to do so, because Saudi Arabia’s strict sex segregation rule against gender mixing makes it impossible for Saudi women to go to a stadium [...]