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Imran Khan Trends Over His "Un-Islamic" Marriage To Bushra Bibi. Here's Why
Mufti Mohammad Saeed, the cleric who solemnised the couple's Islamic marriage in 2018, said it took place during the iddat period of Bushra Bibi.
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Iran Women Cut Hair, Burn Hijab To Protest Death Of 22-Year-Old In Custody
Under Iran's sharia or Islamic law, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes.
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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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"Taliban Will Have To Follow True Sharia Law", Says Mehbooba Mufti
The Taliban, which has taken over the reins of Afghanistan, must follow true Sharia (Islamic law), which guarantees rights of all, including women, Jammu and Kashmir's Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday.
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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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New Sharia Laws: Brunei Sultan Calls For "Stronger" Islamic Teachings
Brunei's sultan called for Islamic teachings in the country to be strengthened as strict new sharia punishments, including death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, were due to come into force on Wednesday.
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Brunei To Punish Gay Sex And Adultery With Death By Stoning
Adultery and gay sex in Brunei will be subject to death by stoning from next week, authorities said, under a strict Sharia law that has been on hold for four years amid heavy criticism.
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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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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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Protesters Rally Against Islamic Law In Dozens of US Cities
Protesters held rallies across the United States on Saturday to denounce sharia law, the Islamic legal and moral code that organizers say poses a threat to American freedoms, but critics believe anti-Muslim hatred is behind the condemnation
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Pakistan's Top Shariat Court Legalises 'Test Tube Babies'
Pakistan's top Shariat court has validated the option of using 'test tube baby' method for conceiving for the married couples having some medical complications.
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Would Deal With Only Legal Aspect Of Triple Talaq: Supreme Court
Supreme Court today said it would decide issues pertaining to "legal" aspects of the practices of triple talaq, and would not deal with the question whether divorce under Islamic law needs to be supervised by courts as it falls under the legislative domain.
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Denial Of Rights To Women Is Against Sharia: Union Minister MJ Akbar
Denial of gender rights is against the sharia law and no state can be modern without gender freedom, Union Minister MJ Akbar said today.
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Woman Screams In Pain During Caning In Indonesia As Crowd Cheers
A young woman screamed in pain as she was caned Monday in front of a jeering crowd in Indonesia's Aceh, the latest person to be punished for breaking the province's strict Islamic laws.
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Raj Thackeray Calls for Sharia-Like Laws To Check Crimes Against Women
Slamming the BJP-led state government over the gangrape and murder of a minor girl here, MNS chief Raj Thackeray today said there was a need for a law like Sharia (Islamic) to check serious crimes against women and children.
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Imran Khan Trends Over His "Un-Islamic" Marriage To Bushra Bibi. Here's Why
Mufti Mohammad Saeed, the cleric who solemnised the couple's Islamic marriage in 2018, said it took place during the iddat period of Bushra Bibi.
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Iran Women Cut Hair, Burn Hijab To Protest Death Of 22-Year-Old In Custody
Under Iran's sharia or Islamic law, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes.
-
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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"Taliban Will Have To Follow True Sharia Law", Says Mehbooba Mufti
The Taliban, which has taken over the reins of Afghanistan, must follow true Sharia (Islamic law), which guarantees rights of all, including women, Jammu and Kashmir's Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday.
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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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New Sharia Laws: Brunei Sultan Calls For "Stronger" Islamic Teachings
Brunei's sultan called for Islamic teachings in the country to be strengthened as strict new sharia punishments, including death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, were due to come into force on Wednesday.
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Brunei To Punish Gay Sex And Adultery With Death By Stoning
Adultery and gay sex in Brunei will be subject to death by stoning from next week, authorities said, under a strict Sharia law that has been on hold for four years amid heavy criticism.
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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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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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Protesters Rally Against Islamic Law In Dozens of US Cities
Protesters held rallies across the United States on Saturday to denounce sharia law, the Islamic legal and moral code that organizers say poses a threat to American freedoms, but critics believe anti-Muslim hatred is behind the condemnation
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Pakistan's Top Shariat Court Legalises 'Test Tube Babies'
Pakistan's top Shariat court has validated the option of using 'test tube baby' method for conceiving for the married couples having some medical complications.
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Would Deal With Only Legal Aspect Of Triple Talaq: Supreme Court
Supreme Court today said it would decide issues pertaining to "legal" aspects of the practices of triple talaq, and would not deal with the question whether divorce under Islamic law needs to be supervised by courts as it falls under the legislative domain.
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Denial Of Rights To Women Is Against Sharia: Union Minister MJ Akbar
Denial of gender rights is against the sharia law and no state can be modern without gender freedom, Union Minister MJ Akbar said today.
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Woman Screams In Pain During Caning In Indonesia As Crowd Cheers
A young woman screamed in pain as she was caned Monday in front of a jeering crowd in Indonesia's Aceh, the latest person to be punished for breaking the province's strict Islamic laws.
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Raj Thackeray Calls for Sharia-Like Laws To Check Crimes Against Women
Slamming the BJP-led state government over the gangrape and murder of a minor girl here, MNS chief Raj Thackeray today said there was a need for a law like Sharia (Islamic) to check serious crimes against women and children.
