American-Zionist wolf in Islamic sheep’s clothing? Ever since the senseless beheading of Rizana Nafeek without a proper trial, Saudi Arabia’s tribal rulers who, for far too long, has exploited Islam to entrench their autocratic regime which many people regard as unIslamic and most oppressive in the planet. A tribal system of government, a repressive royal family given special treatment, …
Read More »Sailan Muslim
The Execution of Rizana A serious Miscarriage of Islamic JusticeThe tragic and shocking news of execution of Rizana Nafeek sends shock- waves to all corners of the island. It gives a wrong picture to the people on the nature and the application of the Isl – By Dr. M.A.M.H. Barry (Attorney-at-Law)
The tragic and shocking news of execution of Rizana Nafeek sends shock- waves to all corners of the island. It gives a wrong picture to the people on the nature and the application of the Islamic law as many people are under the impression that the applicable law in Rizana’s case was derived from Undiluted Islamic Jurisprudence. In fact, Rizana’s …
Read More »Digging for Water, But Striking Oil By Thalif Deen
Children like this boy in Gaza face the worst of water scarcity. Credit: Eva Bartlett/IPS ABU DHABI, Jan 16 2013 (IPS) – The volatile politics of the Middle East have long been dominated by the fluctuating fortunes of a single commodity: oil. But when the oil-blessed region runs out of water, there could be a change in the …
Read More »Saudi slams world reaction to SL maid’s beheading
Saudi Arabia on Sunday criticised world reaction to its beheading a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing her employer's baby, the official SPA news agency SPA reported. Riyadh "deplores the statements made… over the execution of a Sri Lankan maid who had plotted and killed an infant by suffocating him to death, one week after she arrived in the …
Read More »Saudi help for Rizana’s family
Saudi Arabia on Sunday criticised world reaction to its beheading a Sri Lankan maid convicted of killing her employer's baby, the official SPA news agency SPA reported. Riyadh "deplores the statements made… over the execution of a Sri Lankan maid who had plotted and killed an infant by suffocating him to death, one week after she arrived in the …
Read More »Waking up to migrant employment through Rizana Nafeek – Kusal Perera
Much is written on Rizana Nafeek’s extremely unfortunate fate in Saudi Arabia (SA). Some written with anger let loose on the government and some on licensed agencies and every one else who could be dragged in. But to discuss SL migrant labour, one has to leave emotions aside and start off with a factual explanation of what this whole issue …
Read More »