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Afghanistan: Women rights debate kicks up a political storm ahead of Afghan election
Nearly three years after the fall of the hard-line Islamic Taleban regime in Afghanistan, as millions of women prepare to vote in upcoming elections, even debating women’s rights remains an issue fraught with difficulty.
Algerie: FLN et code de la famille
Daâdoua appelle à «un référendum»
Canada: Sharia debate rages on in Canada
As the debate in Canada on whether some of the Sharia provisions may be included in the legal code in the Ontario province, one Muslim community figure has declared that anyone who raises such questions is not a “real Muslim.”
Turkey: EU irked by Turkish adultery law
The adultery law is part of a package of sweeping changes to the penal code, which include the abolition of torture and the expansion of individual liberties.
India: Hullaballooo over triple Talaq in India
Three articles from the July 2004 issue of Communalism Combat.
Canada: When the Koran Speaks, Will Canadian Law Bend?
A group called the Canadian Society of Muslims is testing boundaries by establishing the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice to apply the legal code called Shariah, based on the Koran, to settle disputes over property, inheritance, marriage and divorce.
South Africa: The latest draft bill on the recognition of Islamic Marriages in South Africa
The draft bill has been submitted to the parliamentarian committee for discussion and then for submission for approval by the president.
Pakistan: Seminar on Hudood Laws and other Discriminatory Laws Against Women & Minorities in Pakistan
Twenty-five years back, in the process of Islamization of the society, Hudood Laws were promulgated in Pakistan by the military ruler Gen. Zia ul Haq and Islamic Shariah was imposed by enforcing Islamic punishments in the form of "Hadd."
Canada: Sharia law will be part of new review
Former NDP attorney-general Marion Boyd has been appointed to review procedures that would include the use of Islamic law to settle family disputes, the Ontario government has announced.
Canada: Islamic law proposal to undergo review
The Ontario government will review plans to use Islamic law to settle family disputes before the practice is set to begin in the province.
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