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LGBTQ Event Cancelled After Security Threats In Indonesia
Rights groups have cancelled a Southeast Asian LGBT event in Indonesia after receiving security threats, the organisers said, the latest sign of increasing pressure on the community from religious conservatives in the country.
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Triple Talaq To Be An Offence, President Clears Ordinance: 10 Facts
Triple talaq or instant divorce is just short of becoming a punishable offence after the government cleared an ordinance or executive order on Wednesday to enforce a proposed law that could not be passed in parliament in August. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the ordinance on Wednesday night, a top law ministry functionary said. The goverm...
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Muslim Law Board Approves Setting Up 5 Sharia Courts
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has received proposals from various parts of the country to open 10 Sharia courts (Darul Qaza), out of which five have been approved and will be opened soon, board secretary Zafaryab Jilani said on Sunday.
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Muslim Law Board Plans To Open Sharia Courts In All Districts Of India
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board or AIMPLB, the highest decision making body on Muslim affairs, plans to open Darul-Qaza (Sharia courts) in all districts of the country to resolve issues in line with Islamic laws.
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Muslim Law Board For Triple Talaq, Against Uniform Civil Code
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday strongly opposed the central government's move against triple talaq and imposition of uniform civil code, saying divine Sharia laws regarding marriage, divorce and adaptation cannot be modified or altered by any person or authority.
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Can Triple Talaq Be Declared Illegal? Supreme Court To Examine
Whether triple talaq proclaimed by Muslims for an instant divorce can be declared illegal will be examined by the Supreme Court.
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Muslim Women In India Fight 'Triple Talaq'
Only three words were scrawled on the letter from her husband and posted to her parent's home in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, but they were enough to shatter Sadaf Mehmood's life.
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Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Committee Report On Personal Laws
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to file before it the report of a committee which was constituted earlier to look into the aspects of personal laws relating to marriage, divorce and custody prevalent in various religious minorities, including Muslims.
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Don't Misinterpret Quran to Have More Than One Wife: Gujarat High Court
In sharp observations in the case of a man who took a second wife, the Gujarat High Court has said that the Quran "does not say that a Muslim can treat his wife cruelly" and marry again without legally dissolving his first marriage.
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Hardline Indonesian Muslims Call for Church Closures in Aceh
Hardline Muslims in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province today demanded the local government close 10 Christian churches, just days after a mob burnt down a church, leaving one person dead and several injured.
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Malaysian Court Scraps Cross-Dressing Ban in Landmark Decision
A Malaysian court on Friday gave transgender Muslims the right to cross-dress in a landmark decision overturning an Islamic sharia law ban that could trigger similar challenges.
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No Legal Binding to Accept Shariat Court Fatwas: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today rejected a petition seeking to ban Sharia courts, but stressed that they have no legal powers over Muslims and their decisions cannot be enforced.
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All-women Sharia Court in Pune to redress grievances of Muslim women
A Sharia Court conducted solely by women with an aim to redress grievances of Muslim women has started functioning in the city.
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Pakistan's youth election - but who's listening?
In a bustling market in a middle-class district of Islamabad, Raja Mehran rallies his friends as they prepare to campaign door-to-door for Pakistan's general election on Saturday.
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Muslim girl stoned to death for joining beauty contest
A 19-year-old Muslim girl was stoned to death in Ukraine under the Islamic Sharia law after she took part in a beauty contest, a media report said on Tuesday.Katya Koren was found dead in her village. Her battered body was buried in a forest and was found a week after she disappeared, the Daily Mail reported.Koren's friends said she had come sevent...
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LGBTQ Event Cancelled After Security Threats In Indonesia
Rights groups have cancelled a Southeast Asian LGBT event in Indonesia after receiving security threats, the organisers said, the latest sign of increasing pressure on the community from religious conservatives in the country.
-
Triple Talaq To Be An Offence, President Clears Ordinance: 10 Facts
Triple talaq or instant divorce is just short of becoming a punishable offence after the government cleared an ordinance or executive order on Wednesday to enforce a proposed law that could not be passed in parliament in August. President Ram Nath Kovind signed the ordinance on Wednesday night, a top law ministry functionary said. The goverm...
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Muslim Law Board Approves Setting Up 5 Sharia Courts
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has received proposals from various parts of the country to open 10 Sharia courts (Darul Qaza), out of which five have been approved and will be opened soon, board secretary Zafaryab Jilani said on Sunday.
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Muslim Law Board Plans To Open Sharia Courts In All Districts Of India
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board or AIMPLB, the highest decision making body on Muslim affairs, plans to open Darul-Qaza (Sharia courts) in all districts of the country to resolve issues in line with Islamic laws.
-
Muslim Law Board For Triple Talaq, Against Uniform Civil Code
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday strongly opposed the central government's move against triple talaq and imposition of uniform civil code, saying divine Sharia laws regarding marriage, divorce and adaptation cannot be modified or altered by any person or authority.
-
Can Triple Talaq Be Declared Illegal? Supreme Court To Examine
Whether triple talaq proclaimed by Muslims for an instant divorce can be declared illegal will be examined by the Supreme Court.
-
Muslim Women In India Fight 'Triple Talaq'
Only three words were scrawled on the letter from her husband and posted to her parent's home in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, but they were enough to shatter Sadaf Mehmood's life.
-
Supreme Court Asks Centre To File Committee Report On Personal Laws
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to file before it the report of a committee which was constituted earlier to look into the aspects of personal laws relating to marriage, divorce and custody prevalent in various religious minorities, including Muslims.
-
Don't Misinterpret Quran to Have More Than One Wife: Gujarat High Court
In sharp observations in the case of a man who took a second wife, the Gujarat High Court has said that the Quran "does not say that a Muslim can treat his wife cruelly" and marry again without legally dissolving his first marriage.
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Hardline Indonesian Muslims Call for Church Closures in Aceh
Hardline Muslims in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province today demanded the local government close 10 Christian churches, just days after a mob burnt down a church, leaving one person dead and several injured.
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Malaysian Court Scraps Cross-Dressing Ban in Landmark Decision
A Malaysian court on Friday gave transgender Muslims the right to cross-dress in a landmark decision overturning an Islamic sharia law ban that could trigger similar challenges.
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No Legal Binding to Accept Shariat Court Fatwas: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today rejected a petition seeking to ban Sharia courts, but stressed that they have no legal powers over Muslims and their decisions cannot be enforced.
-
All-women Sharia Court in Pune to redress grievances of Muslim women
A Sharia Court conducted solely by women with an aim to redress grievances of Muslim women has started functioning in the city.
-
Pakistan's youth election - but who's listening?
In a bustling market in a middle-class district of Islamabad, Raja Mehran rallies his friends as they prepare to campaign door-to-door for Pakistan's general election on Saturday.
-
Muslim girl stoned to death for joining beauty contest
A 19-year-old Muslim girl was stoned to death in Ukraine under the Islamic Sharia law after she took part in a beauty contest, a media report said on Tuesday.Katya Koren was found dead in her village. Her battered body was buried in a forest and was found a week after she disappeared, the Daily Mail reported.Koren's friends said she had come sevent...
