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An 'ex-Muslim' woman’s fight for a secular property law
January 31, 2025 7:25 am
Safiya, however, was thrust into the limelight because she is at the heart of a legal battle for property rights of Muslim women who are now non-believers.
‘Shariat law not automatically applicable’: Court upholds adopted son’s right to inherit
February 06, 2024 7:59 am
According to Muslim Law of inheritance, there are three classes of legal heirs: sharers, residuary and distant kindred. The court noted that of the 12 Quranic sharers, only the widow of the deceased has survived.
AIMPLB to start 'movement' to ensure women get rightful share in inheritance
September 19, 2023 8:22 am
The AIMPLB's decision to look into the matter of women’s inheritance comes at a time when the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has started looking into possible instruments to expedite cases of dispute of Waqf properties.
Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium
April 03, 2022 3:48 pm
Drug control has been one major demand of the international community of the Islamist group, which took over the country in August and is seeking formal international recognition in order to wind back sanctions that are severely hampering banking, business and development.
Courts of injustice
July 30, 2018 12:05 am
Alternative legal redress systems are needed and welcome. But, as debate in the UK has shown, sharia councils are the preserves of clerics who are intolerant of women’s equality and rights.
Triple talaq is a non-issue, brought up to implement uniform civil code: AIMPLB
June 06, 2016 1:32 am
Social and financial problems can multiply for women, when waiting for the judiciary to dispose of their case, said the AIMPLB executive member
Sharia not meant to change, any alteration will not be tolerated: AIMPLB member Mahali
June 05, 2016 11:12 am
Maulana Khali Rasheed Farangi Mahali's statement comes in the backdrop of raging debate over relevance of triple talaq and woman's rights in Islami Sharia law.
Only Muslim lawyers in Malaysian Sharia courts
March 24, 2016 7:09 pm
Court of Appeal held that the rules for Sharia lawyers mandating that only Muslims can be admitted as Sharia lawyers did not contravene the Federal Constitution governing equality, liberty and right to form associations.
Islamist Shebab fighters seize Somali port: Governor
February 06, 2016 5:57 pm
The historic port, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) south of the capital Mogadishu, was captured in August 2012 by African Union troops after four years under Islamist control.
Malaysia's Sharia law costs non-Muslims their kids
November 10, 2014 3:39 pm
Gandhi hasn't seen her child since, even though a Malaysian civil court awarded her custody.
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