Showing posts with label Shariah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shariah. Show all posts
Friday, February 26, 2021

Malaysia's Top Court Restricts Scope of State Power To Enact Sharia Law

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In a decision handed down yesterday, Malaysia's highest court-- the Federal Court-- imposed significant limits on the power of Malaysian...
Friday, June 19, 2020

European Court Awards Damages To Widow Whose Inheritance Was Reduced Under Sharia Law

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As previously reported , in 2018 the European Court of Human Rights held that Greece had violated Art. 14 of the European Convention on Huma...
Monday, June 03, 2019

Supreme Court Denies Cert In Challenge To Bus Ad Restrictions

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in American Freedom Defense Initiative v. Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority,  (Docket No....
Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Brunei Places Moratorium On Death Penalty Under Sharia Code; Will Ratify Torture Convention

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Earlier this year, the Sultan of Brunei announced further implementation of Sharia law in his southeast Asian country, including implementat...
Monday, May 06, 2019

British Parliament Debates Sharia Councils

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On May 2, Britain's House of Commons debated the operation of Sharia Councils in the United Kingdom. ( full text of debate ). MP John Ho...
Saturday, March 30, 2019

Brunei Further Implements Its Sharia Penal Law-- The Details

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There has been extensive coverage in the press in recent days regarding the Sultan of Brunei's further implementation of Sharia law in h...
Friday, February 01, 2019

Council of Europe Decries Sharia In EU Nations

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On Jan. 22, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Resolution 2253 (2019), Sharia, the Cairo Declaration and the Europe...
Friday, December 21, 2018

European Court:Says Greece Should Not Have Applied Sharia Law In Will Contest

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In Molla Sali v. Greece ,  (ECHR, Dec. 19, 2018), the European Court of Human Rights in a Grand Chamber judgment held that Greece had viola...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

DC Circuit Remands Suit On Anti-Sharia Bus Ads

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In American Freedom Defense Initiative v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ,  (DC Cir., Aug. 17, 2018), the D.C. Circuit Court...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

UAE Company Stops Payments, Saying Its Own Islamic Bonds Are No Longer Shariah-Compliant

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According to a report yesterday in Bonds & Notes , an Abu Dhabi based company, Dana Gas, announced last month that it is ceasing payment...

Suit Seeking U.S. Edit of Qur'an Dismissed As Frivolous

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In Levay v. United States ,  (ED MI, July 11, 2017), a Michigan federal district court, adopting a magistrate's recommendation ( LEXIS l...
Sunday, May 28, 2017

No Ramadan Divorces In Palestinian Territories

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According to a report today from Al Jazeera , Mahmud Habash, the chief judge of Palestinian Islamic courts in the West Bank and Gaza, has or...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Malaysian Politician Wants Ruling On Sharia Court Conviction

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In Malaysia, Parliament member Khalid Abdul Samad last month was fined RM2,900 (the equivalent of $650 (US)) by the lower shariah court for ...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Jordan's King Appoints New Chief Islamic Justice and New Mufti

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According to Jordan Times , King Abdullah of Jordan issued a royal decree yesterday endorsing a Cabinet decision appointing Sheikh Abdul Kar...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Does Sharia-Compliant Financing By Non-Profit Cause Loss of Property Tax Exemption?

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In what may well be a case of first impression, the Islamic Center of Nashville on Monday filed suit in a Tennessee federal district court c...
Monday, September 12, 2016

Illinois Court Recognizes Muslim Divorce In India Through Khula

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Times of India reported yesterday on a June 28 opinion handed down by a Cook County, Illinois circuit court judge recognizing that a Muslim...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

Court Says Religious Autonomy Precludes Adjudication of Suit By Torture Victim

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In a fascinating decision handed down June 17, an Oklahoma trial court held that the "religious autonomy doctrine" requires it to ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

In Israel, Sharia Courts Must Now Display Israeli Flag

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In Israel, personal status matters, such as marriage and divorce and in some cases custody and inheritance, are handled by religious courts ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Britain's Home Office Launches Investigation Into Sharia Law

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In Britain last week, Home Secretary Theresa May announced that her office has begun an independent investigation into the application of S...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Powers of Saudi Religious Police Are Curbed

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Al Jazeera reports that Saudi Arabia's cabinet yesterday voted to strip the country's religious police-- the Commission for the Pro...