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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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Guilty Of First-Degree Murder
An Afghan couple and their 21-year-old son living in Canada have been found guilty of first-degree murder of four members of their family. The guilty were Mohammad Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Yahya, 42, and their son Hamed. The Ontario Superior Court Judge said that it was “difficult to conceive of a more [...]
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 [...]
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