Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Monday, August 30, 2021

UN Human Rights Official Calls For Taliban To Allow Equal Education For Women and End Child Marriage

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Last week (Aug. 24), Reem Alsalem , the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, issued a l...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

Suit Claims Utah Medical Marijuana Initiative Violates Mormons' Religious Freedom

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The Salt Lake Tribune reports that yesterday a suit was filed in Utah state court seeking, on free exercise and free speech grounds, to rem...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Muslim Scholars Are Target of Taliban

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A New York Times report (May 28) is titled Taliban Target: Scholars of Islam.   It recounts in part: The scholars have long been targets,...
Friday, July 03, 2015

Afghan Appeals Court Overturns Death Sentences In Mob Killing of Falsely-Accused Quran Burner

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According to CNN , an Afghanistan appellate court in a secret session has overturned the death sentences of four men who were convicted in M...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Afghan President Appoints First Woman To Supreme Court, But Clerics Object

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Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has appointed the country's first female Supreme Court judge according to yesterday's Euronews . ...
Thursday, May 07, 2015

Afgahn Court Sentences Men Charged In Mob Killing Of Woman Falsely Accused of Burning Quran

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Yesterday Afghanistan's Primary Court in Kabul sentenced four men to death by hanging for the mob killing of a 27-year old woman who was...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Afghan President To US Congress: Moderate Muslims Must Speak Out

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Afghanistan's new President, Ashraf Ghani, in a visit to the United States this week ( New York Times ), addressed a joint session of Co...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

NYT Details Plight of Christian Convert In Afghanistan

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The New York Times yesterday reported at length on the plight in Afghanistan of a Muslim convert to Christianity (identified only as "...