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Who Speaks for Islam?

Dalia Mogahed | Posted 10.24.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Barack Obama, Sharia Law, Muslim Womens Rights, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Gallup, Sharia, World News
Dalia Mogahed

From Morocco to Malaysia, Muslim respondents described their respect for much of what the West holds dear: freedom of the press, the rule of law, and transparency and accountability of government.

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Musharraf Admits Secret Deal With Taliban Backfired

ANI | Posted 09.29.2009 | World

Read More: General Pervez Musharraf, Musharraf Pakistan, Pakistan Musharraf, Pakistan Opposition, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Taliban, Sharia Law, Musharraf Taliban, Taliban Sharia Law, Musharraf, World News

LAHORE: Ex-Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf has admitted that his government's secret agreement with the Taliban had backfired. The Taliban had mi...

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Iran's Dark Secret: Child Prostitution and Sex Slaves

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Prostitution Behind the Veil, Child Prostitution Rings Iran, Iran Sexual Trafficking, Iran Prostitution, Sigheh, Iran, Nahid Persson, Sharia Law, Iran Child Prostitution, Islamic Revolutionary Council, Sharia, World News
Reporters Uncensored

In a recent report by the U.S. State Department, Iran was listed among the dozen countries with the poorest record of human trafficking. In recent years, child prostitution has risen 635 percent.

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Somalia: Islamists Yank Gold Teeth Of 'Sinners'

Huffington Post | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: Somalia Islamists, Somalia Violence, Somali Insurgents, Somali Islamists, Foreign Affairs, Somalia Terrorists, Somalia, Al Shabaab, Sharia Law, Sharia Law Courts, Sharia, Advocacy, Somalia Tooth, Somalia Gold Teeth, Al Shabab Teeth, Gold Teeth Somalia, World News

The notorious Somali Islamist group al Shabaab is yanking gold and silver teeth from the mouths of people in southern Somalia for transgressing from I...

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Lubna Hussein Pants Trial Adjourns Until Tuesday

Huffington Post/Associated Press | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Lubna Hussein, Sudan Flogging, Hijab, Foreign Affairs, Flogging Women, Sharia Law, Sharia Law Courts, Flogging, Lubna Ahmed Al-Hussein, Shariah, Sudan, Flog, Sudan Sharia, Sudan Human Rights, Advocacy, Sharia, Sudanes Lady Trial Indecent Clothes, Lubna Husein, Lubna Husein Punishment, Lubna Hussein Pants Trial Adjourns Until Tuesday, Flog a Female Journalist, Hussein Pants, Lubna Hussain Pants Trial, Lubna Hussain, Huffington Post Lashes Sudan Pants, World News

Lubna Hussein, who was arrested July 3 for wearing pants and is now standing trial, openly defied the court by wearing the very same outfit to trial t...

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Mazen Abdul Jawad: Saudi Man Jailed For Bragging Of Sexual Exploits On TV

Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

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A Saudi man who lewdly bragged of sexual exploits on Lebanese television channel LBC's "Red Line" has been jailed, Arab News reports. On the show, Ma...

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Beer-Drinking Muslim Model, Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, Sentenced To Public Flogging In Malaysia

AP | JULIA ZAPPEI | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — An Islamic court in Malaysia has sentenced a Muslim woman to be flogged with a rattan cane for having a beer in a night...

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Adulterous Saudi Princess Granted British Asylum For Fears Of Death Penalty

The Independent | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

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By Robert Verkaik | The Independent A Saudi Arabian princess who had an illegitimate child with a British man has secretly been granted asylum in thi...

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A Jealous Wife's Revenge Makes for Bad Law

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Regulation, Adultery, Sharia Law, Sharia, Uae, Citicorp, Discrimination, Ubs, United Arab Emirates, Dubai, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

What should be clear to everyone in the UAE is that sex outside marriage is against the law. This is not France. What isn't clear is whether the implementation of this law is even-handed.

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Sudan: Women Allegedly Lashed For Wearing Trousers

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

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Sudanese women have been flogged for wearing trousers, according to a local journalist who is also facing the punishment, the BBC reports. Journalist...

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HuffPost Review: The Stoning of Soraya M

Marshall Fine | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sharia Law, Iran, Marshall Fine, Stoning, The Stoning of Soraya M, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Director Cyrus Nowrasteh's movie, The Stoning of Soraya M, based on real events, wants to open eyes to a barbaric legal system that still allows stoning.

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The iPod and the Queen, the Kindle and the King

Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Egypt Speech, Islam, Women's Rights, Obama Egypt, Obama Cairo, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Obama Mideast Trip, Sharia Law, Obama Mideast Speech, Obama Cairo Speech, Sharia, World News
Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Promotion of literacy for girls is a noble cause. But unless sharia laws are repealed, more girls will find themselves in flogging pens rather than rising up the career ladder.

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Afghanistan Cracks Down On Alcohol Consumption

GlobalPost | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Afghan Alcohol Prohibition, Shariah, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Alcohol, Afghanistan Parliament, Sharia Law, Afghan Parliament, Sharia, Advocacy, World News

Afghanistan's parliament has passed a tough new bill mandating harsh punishments for alcohol. Those who buy, sell, or consume the evil brew can be fin...

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Women's Rights In Afghanistan Depends On Where One Lives

Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Ann Jones, Foreign Aid, Usaid, Islam, Women's Rights, Women, Rotary International, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, US Foreign Aid, Sharia Law, Taliban, Robert Greenwald, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Development Aid, Religion, Women for Afghan Women, Women and Politics, Women Education, Taliban Women's Rights, Afghan Taliban, Advocacy, Sharia, World News
Stuart Whatley

Conditions in Afghanistan are acutely compartmentalized. Reports from one village can be bright and optimistic while another locale is rife with atrocities towards women and girls.

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"Menahi": Saudi Movie Screened In Riyadh First Time In 30 Years

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — For the first time in three decades, Saudis in the nation's capital did something that most Westerners take for granted _...

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Pakistani Women Protest Taliban But Support Islamic Law (VIDEO)

Link TV - Global Pulse | Evelyn Messinger | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Taliban Flogging, Pakistan Taliban, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Pakistan Flogging Video, Sharia Law, Taliban, Pakistani Women, Pakistan Shariah, Taliban Flogging Girl, Video, Shariah, Swat Valley, Taliban Fighters, Taliban Pakistan, Taliban Women's Rights, Advocacy, Sharia, World News

Evelyn Messinger | Link TV - Global Pulse In February, the now-famous video of a young woman being flogged by Taliban brought women in cities across...

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Palestinian Woman Judge Transforming Islamic Court

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Khouloud El-Faqeeh, Religion, Union of Islamic Courts, Shariah, Islamic Courts Union, West Bank, Middle East, Foreign Affairs, Sharia Law, Advocacy, Sharia, World News

Khouloud el-Faqeeh has shattered the glass ceiling of Islamic jurisprudence. After years of pushing to break into the all-male ranks of sharia judges...

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Judge Hamad Al-Razine, WIFE SLAP RULING

AP | ABDULLAH SHIHRI | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi judge told a conference on domestic violence that a man has the right to slap a wife who spends money wastefully ...

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Saudi Judge: Slapping Your Spendthrift Wife Is OK

AP | ABDULLAH SHIHRI | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Saudi Women, Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Law, Saudi Wife Slapping, Saudi Arabia Human Rights, Advocacy, Sharia, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi judge told a conference on domestic violence that a man has the right to slap a wife who spends money wastefully ...

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What Shariah Law Is All About

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

Read More: Muslim, Sharia Law, Cordoba Initiative, Islam, Burka, Islamic Radicalism, Sharia, World News
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

Rather than fear Shariah law, we should understand what it actually is. Then we can encourage Muslim countries to make the changes that achieve the essence of fairness and justice at the root of Islam.

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Winning Freedom from Religion

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Taliban, Religion, Islam, Sharia Law, Pakistan, Home News
Deepak Chopra

How would you respond to radical Muslim clerics in northwest Pakistan -- now under Islamic law -- who are calling for expansion of Islamic law across...

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Zardari Agrees To Sharia Rule In Swat Valley

Al Jazeera | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

Read More: Swat Valley Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Taliban, Sharia Law, Sharia Law Courts, Swat Taliban, Pakistan Shariah, Shariah, Swat Valley, Taliban Swat Valley, Taliban Pakistan, Sharia, Advocacy, World News

Pakistan's president has signed a regulation allowing the Taliban to impose Sharia, or Islamic law, in the country's northwestern Swat valley, a presi...

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The Smear Campaign against Harold Koh

Charles J. Brown | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Harold Koh, Glenn Beck, Sharia Law, Sharia, Politics News
Charles J. Brown

The right has gone nuts with this. Fox is running it regularly, Glenn Beck is foaming at the mouth, and numerous conservative blogs are screaming.

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Taliban Whips Young Girl For Being With Married Man

Guardian.co.uk | By Declan Walsh | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Maulana Fazlullah, Muslim Khan, Women's Rights, Taliban Brutality, Sharia Law, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Taliban, Islamic Law, Afghanistan, Taliban Influence in Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, World News

A video showing a teenage girl being flogged by Taliban fighters has emerged from the Swat Valley in Pakistan, offering a shocking glimpse of militant...

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Nowrouz Sees Binge Of Drinking, Drugging In Iran Despite Nationwide Ban

BBC | Faraj Balafkan | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Nowruz, Iranian New Year, Sharia Law Iran, Iran Sharia, Middle East, Iran Alcohol, Nowruz, Persian New Year, Iran, Sharia Law, Iran Drugs, Sharia, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

During the month building up to Nowrouz police statistics show that on average more than 25,000 cans of alcoholic drinks and some 135,000 litres of ho...

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