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10 Countries Where Homosexuality Can Lead To Capital Punishment
Several countries have banned homosexuality, with many of them having the death penalty for same-sex relations.
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Eye-For-An-Eye Sharia Law Returns To Afghanistan Courts
Kneeling in front of a turbanned judge in a tiny room at the Ghazni Court of Appeal in eastern Afghanistan, an old man sentenced to death for murder pleads for his life.
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39 Lashes For Theft, "Moral Crimes": Taliban Flog 3 Women, 11 Men
Three women and 11 men were flogged Wednesday on the orders of an Afghan court after they were found guilty of theft and "moral crimes", a provincial official said.
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Plea Against Talaq-e-Hasan, Talaq Given Over 3 Months, In Supreme Court
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to declare 'Talaq-e-Hasan' and all other forms of "unilateral extra-judicial talaq" as void and unconstitutional, claiming they are arbitrary, irrational, and violated fundamental rights.
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Chhattisgarh Woman Moves High Court Challenging Validity Of Sharia Court, Triple Talaq Order: Report
A woman has filed a petition in the Chhattisgarh High Court, challenging the validity of a Sharia court operating in Raipur and a 'triple talaq' order passed by it against her recently.
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"Under Congress, India Was Partially Muslim Nation": BJP On Hindutva Row
The BJP claimed on Saturday that India was partially a "Muslim nation" when it was in power as sharia provisions were then part of the legal system and measures were taken to give them primacy even over Supreme Court judgment.
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Pak Court Allows Girl's Marriage To Abductor As She's Had Her "1st Menstrual Cycle"
The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl, who was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her abductor, will approach the Supreme Court after a lower court ruled that marriage with an underage girl is valid as per the Sharia law if she has had her first menstrual cycle.
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Row Over Congress Lawmaker's Refusal To Sing Vande Mataram Citing Sharia
A Congress legislator in Madhya Pradesh has courted controversy by refusing to recite Vande Mataram citing that it violated the tenets of Islamic Sharia law.
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Declare Sharia Courts As "Unconstitutional", Seeks Plea In Top Court
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a fresh plea of a Muslim woman seeking to declare as unconstitutional the setting up of Sharia courts to decide marriage, divorce and other cases.
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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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Need To Go Beyond Triple Talaq, Abolish Sharia Law, Says Taslima Nasreen
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen today reacted to the Supreme Court verdict abolishing triple talaq, saying while it was "definitely not women's freedom" there was need to go beyond by doing away with "1400 yrs old Quranic laws".
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Rajasthan High Court Stops Man From Marrying Again As Wife Says Talaq 'Improper'
The Rajasthan High Court stopped the second marriage of a man barely a few hours before it was to be solemnised on the plea of a woman that talaq given to her by the prospective groom was not in accordance with Sharia law.
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Indonesian Men Sentenced To Caning For Having Gay Sex
A sharia court Wednesday sentenced two Indonesian men to be publicly caned for gay sex for the first time in the conservative province of Aceh, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country.
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Israel's First Female Sharia Judge Takes Oath
Israel on Monday swore in its first female judge to its Muslim religious court system, the first woman to preside in any religious court in the Jewish state.
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10 Countries Where Homosexuality Can Lead To Capital Punishment
Several countries have banned homosexuality, with many of them having the death penalty for same-sex relations.
-
Eye-For-An-Eye Sharia Law Returns To Afghanistan Courts
Kneeling in front of a turbanned judge in a tiny room at the Ghazni Court of Appeal in eastern Afghanistan, an old man sentenced to death for murder pleads for his life.
-
39 Lashes For Theft, "Moral Crimes": Taliban Flog 3 Women, 11 Men
Three women and 11 men were flogged Wednesday on the orders of an Afghan court after they were found guilty of theft and "moral crimes", a provincial official said.
-
Plea Against Talaq-e-Hasan, Talaq Given Over 3 Months, In Supreme Court
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to declare 'Talaq-e-Hasan' and all other forms of "unilateral extra-judicial talaq" as void and unconstitutional, claiming they are arbitrary, irrational, and violated fundamental rights.
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Chhattisgarh Woman Moves High Court Challenging Validity Of Sharia Court, Triple Talaq Order: Report
A woman has filed a petition in the Chhattisgarh High Court, challenging the validity of a Sharia court operating in Raipur and a 'triple talaq' order passed by it against her recently.
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"Under Congress, India Was Partially Muslim Nation": BJP On Hindutva Row
The BJP claimed on Saturday that India was partially a "Muslim nation" when it was in power as sharia provisions were then part of the legal system and measures were taken to give them primacy even over Supreme Court judgment.
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Pak Court Allows Girl's Marriage To Abductor As She's Had Her "1st Menstrual Cycle"
The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl, who was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her abductor, will approach the Supreme Court after a lower court ruled that marriage with an underage girl is valid as per the Sharia law if she has had her first menstrual cycle.
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Row Over Congress Lawmaker's Refusal To Sing Vande Mataram Citing Sharia
A Congress legislator in Madhya Pradesh has courted controversy by refusing to recite Vande Mataram citing that it violated the tenets of Islamic Sharia law.
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Declare Sharia Courts As "Unconstitutional", Seeks Plea In Top Court
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a fresh plea of a Muslim woman seeking to declare as unconstitutional the setting up of Sharia courts to decide marriage, divorce and other cases.
-
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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Need To Go Beyond Triple Talaq, Abolish Sharia Law, Says Taslima Nasreen
Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen today reacted to the Supreme Court verdict abolishing triple talaq, saying while it was "definitely not women's freedom" there was need to go beyond by doing away with "1400 yrs old Quranic laws".
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Rajasthan High Court Stops Man From Marrying Again As Wife Says Talaq 'Improper'
The Rajasthan High Court stopped the second marriage of a man barely a few hours before it was to be solemnised on the plea of a woman that talaq given to her by the prospective groom was not in accordance with Sharia law.
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Indonesian Men Sentenced To Caning For Having Gay Sex
A sharia court Wednesday sentenced two Indonesian men to be publicly caned for gay sex for the first time in the conservative province of Aceh, the latest sign of a backlash against homosexuals in the Muslim-majority country.
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Israel's First Female Sharia Judge Takes Oath
Israel on Monday swore in its first female judge to its Muslim religious court system, the first woman to preside in any religious court in the Jewish state.
