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  • Factbox: Conflict in Somalia 9 Dec 2009 05:37 GMT
    ... off the coast. -- The government and African Union have pleaded with the United Nations ... In April 2009, parliament voted to implement sharia law across the country in a move ... is to impose a strict version of Islamic law throughout Somalia. It has banned music, sport, ...

  • On-screen niqab 9 Dec 2009 11:06 GMT
    ... recently returned to prominence when a leading Egyptian cleric, Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, said he would ... and it is, she argues, part of Sharia - or Islamic law. Ms Barqi says there are other ...

  • Al-Shabab 9 Dec 2009 04:30 GMT
    ... Ask U.S. security experts what violent extremist group costs ... in 1991. Conflict in the Horn of Africa nation - one of the world's most ... overthrow Somalia's government and enact the strict Islamic law known as Shari'a. The group has banned ...

  • Who are Somalia's al Shabaab rebels? 9 Dec 2009 05:37 GMT
    ... (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least ... south and central Somalia. The Horn of Africa nation has been mired in anarchy since ... robbery. -- Al Shabaab's hardline interpretation of Islamic law has shocked many Somalis, who are traditionally ...

  • Workshop on property rights of spouses bill opens. 9 Dec 2009 05:30 GMT
    ... Koforidua, Dec. 9, GNA-A two-day workshop to sensitized ... The workshop is being organized by the African Women Lawyers Association(AWLA) in collaboration with LAWA ... guided by multiple laws including customary law, Islamic law and statute. She explained that, under each ...

  • Egypt's ban on veils, robes pits 2 brands of Islam 8 Dec 2009 04:33 GMT
    ... CAIRO — When Egypt's government banned Islamic veils and all-encompassing robes ... who is working on her doctorate in Islamic law, says that like her daughter, she ...

  • DIFC Authority releases white paper on 'Islamic Financing for Infrastructure Projects' 8 Dec 2009 11:32 GMT
    ... The paper highlights the tremendous potential for Shari'ah-compliant financing ... infrastructure and health projects in Yemen and Egypt. The potential for Shari'ah-compliant sources of infrastructure ... Habib Ahmed, Professor and Sharjah Chair in Islamic Law & Finance with the Institute of ...

  • Who are the Taliban? 8 Dec 2009 22:13 GMT
    ... As the focus of the world turns to the ... must wear beards, the women, veils, and Islamic law is strictly enforced. We in America ... Brotherhood was founded in 1928 by an Egyptian school teacher, Hassan al-Banna, who, it is ...

  • Gates Dissembles on Afghan History 8 Dec 2009 20:51 GMT
    ... efense Secretary Robert Gates, who last week was ... earlier. The triumphant Taliban then imposed harsh Islamic law on Afghanistan. Their rule was especially devastating ... angered over bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa and other terrorist attacks. Bin Laden, who ...

  • Islamic Religious Persecution 8 Dec 2009 09:25 GMT
    ... short of respecting religious minorities. For instance, Morocco detained converts from Islam to Christianity, expelled ... system has gradually ceded jurisdictional control to Sharia courts, particularly in areas of family law involving ...

  • Qatar Islamic Bank recognized as Best Islamic Financial Institution in Qatar 8 Dec 2009 12:50 GMT
    ... years ago as the first Islamic and Sharia'-compliant bank in Qatar. It is also one ... Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. When operating in the international market, the ...

  • Bahrain Financial Exchange Strategic Participation In Key Islamic Conference 8 Dec 2009 09:39 GMT
    ... exchange in the Middle East and North Africa, which will be internationally accessible to trade ... trade cash instruments, derivatives, structured products and sharia-compliant financial instruments, launching in Q1, 2010, participated ...

  • Kill the gays: Ugandan law will implement the death penalty for homosexuals 8 Dec 2009 22:10 GMT
    ... shines on the difficulties faced by this African nation’s homosexual community, thanks to one of ... United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and the 12 Sharia law provinces of northern Nigeria) still put gay, lesbian and bisexual people ...

  • Bahrain Financial Exchange announces strategic participation in key Islamic conference 8 Dec 2009 09:34 GMT
    ... exchange in the Middle East and North Africa, will be internationally accessible to trade cash ... trade cash instruments, derivatives, structured products and Shariah-compliant financial instruments. Launching in Q1, 2010, the ...

  • Europe's multiculturalism test 8 Dec 2009 00:33 GMT
    ... burqas. Before you know it, we’ll have sharia law and women being stoned to death in our ... continuation of the external enemy called “Wild Africans” and “Barbarian Turks” during the period of ...


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